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Phillip Shakesby
1,009 PointsI am struggling to work out what's wrong with this python variable
name = input("What's your name? ")
if name == "Phillip":
print(name + " is cool ")
else:
print (name + " is a dork and " + name + " smells funny! ")
Phillip Shakesby
1,009 PointsOn one of the code challenges = Phython Basics-Create a variable named name with your name in it.
I keep getting the error
Bummer! EOFError: EOF when reading a line
2 Answers
Gard Mikael Fjeldavli
19,416 PointsYou might be running Python 2. In Python 2, raw_input() returns a string, and input() tries to run the input as a Python expression. Try switching your input command with the raw_input command. Like this:
name = raw_input("What's your name? ")
if name == "Phillip":
print(name + " is cool ")
else:
print (name + " is a dork and " + name + " smells funny! ")
Phillip Shakesby
1,009 PointsOn one of the code challenges = Phython Basics-Create a variable named name with your name in it.
I keep getting the error
Bummer! EOFError: EOF when reading a line
Phillip Shakesby
1,009 PointsOn one of the code challenges = Phython Basics-Create a variable named name with your name in it.
I keep getting the error
Bummer! EOFError: EOF when reading a line
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsChris Shaw
26,676 PointsHi Phillip,
I just tested your code and it worked fine, what is the error you're getting (if any)?