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Python Using Databases in Python Our Diary App Switching It Up

Paul Bentham
Paul Bentham
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Posted by Paul Bentham
Paul Bentham
24,090 Points

Name_Error on Switching it Up? 'a' is not defined... using terminal on Ubuntu.

When I run diary.py in terminal on Ubuntu I get a Name_Error when I type a or v. If I put them inside quotes I don't get the error?

I tried to get around this by putting str() around the input() but that didnt work.

Here is the terminal output:

office@Office-PC:~/Desktop/Database example$ python diary.py 
Enter 'q' to quit.
a Add an entry
v View previous entries
Action: a
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "diary.py", line 51, in <module>
    menu_loop()
  File "diary.py", line 30, in menu_loop
    choice = str(input('Action: ').lower().strip())
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'a' is not defined
office@Office-PC:~/Desktop/Database example$

1 Answer

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Guessing you're on Python 2.7 instead of 3.4 like we use for everything at Treehouse. You'll need to use raw_input() instead of input().