That line only expects int and say numbers generally. If you want to print strings, use, raw_input in place of input. Try that out and then let's have a feedback. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Nitin Pawar <nitinpawar...@gmail.com>wrote: > instead of input ... use raw_input() > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Chris Schiro <cschiro...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am completely new to programming aside from working with basic many >> years ago. I purchased a Python book for beginners so I could start from >> scratch which has been walking me through just fine until: writing a program >> to interact with user for feedback: >> >> >> >> name=input(“What is your name? “) >> >> >> >> I have found that this line will return an error every time while running >> the completed program, unless I enter a number. If I enter a numeric value >> the program will continue on as written. >> >> >> >> I have followed the code exactly per the book. What is the proper coding >> in this scenario? >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> >> > > > -- > Nitin Pawar > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinf<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> >
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