Input error - NameError name is not defined

Question

I am getting an error when I try to run this simple script:

input_variable = input ("Enter your name: ")
print ("your name is" + input_variable)

Let's say I type in "Niraj", the error I am getting is:

line 1, in <module>
input_variable = input ("Enter your name: ")
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Niraj' is not defined

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

• You should use raw_input if you are using python-2.7. 
• When you use input() on a variable (for example: s = input('Name: ')), it will execute the command ON the Python environment without saving what you wrote on the variable (s) and create an error if what you wrote is not defined.

raw_input() will save correctly what you wrote on the variable (for example: f = raw_input('Name : ')), and it will not execute it in the Python environment without creating any possible error:

input_variable = raw_input('Enter Your Name : ')
print("Your Name Is  : " + (input_variable))

Hope this is useful!!
Thank You!!

Comments

I am getting same error but I am using python 3.6 and when I use input () and take integer it works but when I input chracter or string it gives the same error and I am getting this error only in terminal but when I run the same thing in IDLE python Shell it works perfectly please help me.

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Hello @ Abhi,

If you are using Python 3.6, raw_input has been renamed to input.

raw_input() was renamed to input(). That is, the new input() function reads a line from sys.stdin and returns it with the trailing newline stripped. It raises EOFError if the input is terminated prematurely. To get the old behavior of input(), use eval(input())

Hope it works!!

Thank You!