Python Question

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First of all, I am new here so I am sorry if I am posting in the wrong place, and I would appreciate a link to the write place so I can perform correctly in the future.

I am learning python and have bought a book but I am confused about the 'input' command. In the book it has the code:

name = input("Hi, what's your name? ")

, but when I run this and enter any response (in this case the name Sam) I get the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "https://mydataprovider.com/sites/", line 1, in <module>
    name = input("Hi, what is your name? ")
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Sam' is not defined

Am I missing something? Thank you for any help.

Thanks