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 Mar 11 2010, 11:40 PM
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Hello.
I'm doing some really basic online tutorials that teach python. So far it's been really basic stuff on operators, and the code that is provided, when you run it, works as it should. However, I've reached a point where I'm learning about breaks and 'the continue statement'. To learn about breaks, the tut gives the following code to run: CODE #!/usr/bin/python # Filename: break.py while True: s = (input('Enter something : ')) if s == 'quit': break print('Length of the string is', len(s)) print('Done') The output of this code is supposed to look like this: CODE $ python break.py Enter something : Programming is fun Length of the string is 18 Enter something : When the work is done Length of the string is 21 Enter something : if you wanna make your work also fun: Length of the string is 37 Enter something : use Python! Length of the string is 12 Enter something : quit Done If you run this program, you'll notice that when you enter something (e.g., programming is fun), you'll get a red error message. I discovered that you can get around this error message by wrapping the inputted string with single quotations: 'programming is fun' The single quotations seem to fix the problem. But why can't I enter just ordinary strings? Why do I have to use single quotations? And how can I write my code so that I don't require single quotations around my inputted strings? PS: I use IDLE as my code editor This post has been edited by Cory Duchesne: Mar 11 2010, 11:41 PM |
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Mar 12 2010, 04:13 PM
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 Command-line Adept  Group: Support Staff Lv1 Posts: 838 Joined: 28-May 07 From: Olympia, WA, USA Member No.: 4,415 |
You need to replace input with raw_input in order for it to return a string.
Here's a good example on how they differ - http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y102/yraw This post has been edited by Nano: Mar 12 2010, 04:15 PM --------------------  OpenOffice | VLC | Ubuntu | Paint.NET | Chrome If my post was helpful, a thank you is much appreciated! Are you new? Check out the Rules and FAQs! |
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Mar 12 2010, 05:14 PM
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Member Group: Premium Posts: 42 Joined: 9-January 09 Member No.: 11,092 |
QUOTE (Nano @ Mar 12 2010, 04:13 PM)  You need to replace input with raw_input in order for it to return a string. Here's a good example on how they differ - http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y102/yraw Ah, perfect, thanks Nano. |
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