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Python

Posted by Dean Vollebregt
Dean Vollebregt
24,583 Points

Compiling Python on a Mac

Hello,

I'm trying to compile Python on a mac using sublime 2 and the terminal. When running the following code from the teachers note's:

try: speed = int(input("What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? ")) except ValueError: print("What? I don't kno-oooooooooooooooo!") else: print("I think a swallow could go faster than {}.".format(speed))

Then entering "five" to the command line when prompted

Instead of:

What? I dont kno-oooooooooooooo!

I get an error message:

Deans-MBP:treehouse deanvollebregt$ python exceptions.py What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? five Traceback (most recent call last): File "exceptions.py", line 9, in <module> speed = int(input("What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? ")) File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'five' is not defined

Do I need to install something on my computer?

Thank you,

Dean