Reading User Input: How do I read, and print user input?

Asked Jun 17 '16 at 19:07

Active Jun 17 '16 at 19:07

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Using this code code:

person = input('Enter your name: ')
print('Hello', person, '!')

Like this:

Enter your name: david

Gives me this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
    person = input('Enter your name: ')
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'david' is not defined

asked Jun 17 '16 at 19:07

davidnagli

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You're obviously running Python 2, not Python 3. – Stefan Pochmann Jun 17 '16 at 19:09
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Are you sure you're using Python 3? – Alyssa Haroldsen Jun 17 '16 at 19:09
You are using Python 2. In Python 2 the function your are looking for is called `raw_input()`. It's the same as Python 3's `input()` function. – user1238367 Jun 17 '16 at 19:14
If running on a Debian-based distro, `python` is python 2, if you want python 3 you must type `python3` explicitly. – spectras Jun 17 '16 at 19:15

Reading User Input: How do I read, and print user input?

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