Greeting program raises NameError

Question

varname = input("what is your name?: ")
print ("Hello", varname)

Does anybody know why this wont work? Just prints

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/sfawcett/Desktop/python.py", line 1, in <module>
    varname = input("what is your name?: ")
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Lewis' is not defined

I've added the python 2 tag. Please correct me if I'm wrong @user3801278 — parchment, Nov 21 '14 at 09:16
possible duplicate of [What's the difference between raw\_input() and input() in python3.x?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4915361/whats-the-difference-between-raw-input-and-input-in-python3-x) — fredtantini, Nov 26 '14 at 16:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '14 at 09:13

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input() evaluates string. To get raw value you should use raw_input()

answered Nov 21 '14 at 09:13

Łukasz Rogalski

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '14 at 09:17

In python3:-

In [4]: varname = input("what is your name?: ")
what is your name?: lewis

In [5]: print ("Hello", varname)
Hello lewis

in python2:-

read here about input

In [185]: varname = raw_input("what is your name?: ") #don't use `input()`
what is your name?: lewis

In [186]: print ("Hello", varname)
('Hello', 'lewis')

Greeting program raises NameError

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