it accepts numbers without error, however when i input text it says the “text” is not defined.
Hi @vasank1958,
In order to avoid problems like this, please:
- put the following on the first line of your python file, to indicate it’s a python executable:
#! /usr/bin/env python
- Enclose your string inputs within quotes:
"sfa"
instead of justsfa
.
Please let us know how it goes.
By the way, welcome to the community!
Hi @vasank1958,
that happens because you executed the script using python2.
In order to make the script work, you have to run the code with python3:
python3 fav_movie.py
This already solves the problem, but if you need an explanation, we have it below
The explanation is:
In python2, input
works for numbers, but for strings
you have to use raw_input
.
In python3, however, input
can also be used for strings.
So, to solve the problem you could either:
- Run your script with python3:
python3 fav_movie.py
- Run with python2, but change
input
byraw_input
. In this case, the code would be:
movie = raw_input ('What is your favorite movie? ')
and you could execute it normally with python2, but giving that the course is about python3, I’d suggest you the first option.