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Beginner Code - bh3282 - Mar-18-2019

I would love a little help here. I only get the initial response of "Hey bud. What's your name?" anything I type in gives me a syntax error...

friendName = input("Hey bud. What's your name?")
eyeColor = input("What color are your eyes, " + friendName)
hairColor = input("What color is your hair?")
friendAge = input("Awesome! Mine too. How old are you?")
# Let's see when this chap was born...
int_friendAge = int(friendAge)
int_yearBorn = 2019 - (int_friendAge)
yearBorn = str(int_yearBorn)
print("That means you were born in " + yearBorn)
Thx,
Billy

RE: Beginner Code - samsonite - Mar-18-2019

You should add one more single quotation mark after What
Output:
  from: friendName = input("Hey bud. What's your name?")
  
    to: friendName = input("Hey bud. What''s your name?")
Besides, be minded to use tags when you post your future codes.
Cheers

RE: Beginner Code - woooee - Mar-18-2019

What does this mean
Quote:anything I type in gives me a syntax error
Runs fine for me. What version of Python are you using?

RE: Beginner Code - samsonite - Mar-18-2019

(Mar-18-2019, 06:46 AM)woooee Wrote: What does this mean
Quote:anything I type in gives me a syntax error
Runs fine for me. What version of Python are you using?

Be careful, the solution has been found, as I wrote before (lack of one single quotation mark)

RE: Beginner Code - Yoriz - Mar-18-2019

A single quote is ok when wrapped inside double quotes.
If it was wrapped in single quotes then a two single quotes would be needed.

RE: Beginner Code - samsonite - Mar-18-2019

(Mar-18-2019, 08:25 AM)Yoriz Wrote: A single quote is ok when wrapped inside double quotes.

Not always true, get a glance underneath.
# ------- input-output.py -----------
friendName = input("Hey bud. What's your name?")
eyeColor = input("What color are your eyes, " + friendName)
hairColor = input("What color is your hair?")
friendAge = input("Awesome! Mine too. How old are you?")
# Let's see when this chap was born...
int_friendAge = int(friendAge)
int_yearBorn = 2019 - (int_friendAge)
yearBorn = str(int_yearBorn)
print("That means you were born in " + yearBorn)
# ---------- Running under python2 [ERROR]----------
#C:\Training>py -2.7 input-output.py
#Hey bud. What's your name?bill
#Traceback (most recent call last):
#  File "input-output.py", line 2, in <module>
#    friendName = input("Hey bud. What's your name?")
#  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
#NameError: name 'bill' is not defined
#
# ---------- Running under python3 [WORKS]----------
#C:\Training>python input-output.py
#Hey bud. What's your name?bill
#What color are your eyes, billblue
#What color is your hair?black
#Awesome! Mine too. How old are you?15
#That means you were born in 2004
#------------------------------------------------------


RE: Beginner Code - buran - Mar-18-2019

(Mar-18-2019, 10:25 AM)samsonite Wrote: Yoriz Wrote:
A single quote is ok when wrapped inside double quotes.


Not always true, get a glance underneath.

@samsonite, your example is about totally different problem, not related to single/double quotes
Read https://python-forum.io/Thread-Python3-2-differences-input-vs-raw-input

@bh32832, post the full traceback as advised by Yoriz

RE: Beginner Code - samsonite - Mar-18-2019

@ buran. You are right. Cheers

RE: Beginner Code - buran - Mar-18-2019

(Mar-18-2019, 11:17 AM)samsonite Wrote: Simply that Python2 doesn't accept the single quotation mark, as I've said. By adding one more mark, Python2 works properly. Easy to verify, try it!

Well, it's really easy to show that it works with a single quote and NOT work with double single quotes when you pass something taht input will consider variable name:

Python 2.7.6 (default, Jun 22 2015, 17:58:13) 
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> your_name = input("What''s your name?")
What''s your name?Billy
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Billy' is not defined
>>> your_name = input("What's your name?")
What's your name?1
>>> your_name
1
>>> your_name = input("What's your name?")
What's your name?[1, 2, 3]
>>> your_name
[1, 2, 3]
>>>


RE: Beginner Code - samsonite - Mar-18-2019

Summarizing your report, buran
Output:
In Python2 there are raw_input() and input().
In Python3 there is no raw_input(), just input().
Thank you