Dec 8, 2013 · Python 2.x There were two functions to get user input, called input and raw_input. The difference between them is, raw_input doesn't evaluate the data and returns as it is, in string form. …

In Python 2, raw_input() returns a string, and input() tries to run the input as a Python expression. Since getting a string was almost always what you wanted, Python 3 does that with input().

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In Python 3, it's just input() - : there is an input method in 2.x too, but it eval ()s the input and is therefore . Any way to write a prompt that can work for both? @Agostino try: input = raw_input ; except …

Jun 5, 2009 · I'm learning python as well and found one difference between input() and raw_input(). a = input() will take the user input and put it in the correct type. Eg: if user types 5 then the value in a is …

220 I am making a stopwatch type program in Python and I would like to know how to detect if a key is pressed (such as p for pause and s for stop), and I would not like it to be something like raw_input, …

Apr 25, 2014 · You can make the input statement a while True loop so it repeatedly asks for the users input and then break that loop if the user enters the response you would like.

Nov 11, 2016 · On Python 2, input() attempts to coerce the value to a natural Python value, so if the user inputs [1, 2], input() will return a Python list. This is a bad thing, as you will still need to validate and …

Jun 9, 2015 · Also, are you using Python 3 or 2.7? In python 3 using input() will return a string, and to convert this to an integer, you can call int() around the input() function.

Here I have to set the default value if the user will enter the value from the keyboard. Here is the code that user can enter value: input = int(raw_input("Enter the inputs : ")) Here the value wi...