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Re: Newbie coding question

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On 6/26/2014 11:53 AM, Martin S wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been following the tutorial here
> http://anh.cs.luc.edu/python/hands-on/3.1/handsonHtml/
> But when I get to section 1.10 there is
>
> person  =  input('Enter your name:')
>
> However this generates an error
>
>
>  >>> person = input('Enter your name: ')
> Enter your name: hi
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
>      person = input('Enter your name: ')
>    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> NameError: name 'hi' is not defined
>  >>>
>
> I have no idea what I am doing wrong with this - it look correct to me.
>
> I'm obviously doing something stupid, anyone can suggest what?

I'd guess you're running Python2, and need to be running Python3.

Emile

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