raw input function in Python

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What is the raw input function  Is it a user interface  When do we use it

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raw input   was renamed to input   in Python 3   From http   docs python org dev py3k whatsnew 3 0 html

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It presents a prompt to the user  the optional arg of raw input  arg     gets input from the user and returns the data input by the user in a string  See the docs for raw input     Example   name   raw input  What is your name     print  Hello   s     name   This differs from input    in that the latter tries to interpret the input given by the user  it is usually best to avoid input   and to stick with raw input   and custom parsing conversion code   Note  This is for Python 2 x

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raw input is a form of input that takes the argument  in the form of a string whereas the input function takes the value depending upon your input  Say  a input 5  returns a as an integer with value 5 whereas  a raw input 5  returns a as a string of  quot 5 quot

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If I let raw input like that  no Josh or anything else    It s a variable I think but I don t understand her roll  -    The raw input function prompts you for input and returns that as a string  This certainly worked for me  You don t need idle  Just open a  DOS prompt  and run the program   This is what it looked like for me   C  temp gt type test py print  Halt   s   raw input  Who Goes there     print  You may pass    s  C  temp gt python test py Halt  Who Goes there  Magnus You may pass  Magnus   I types my name and pressed  Enter  after the program had printed  Who Goes there

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The  input  function converts the input you enter as if it were python code   raw input  doesn t convert the input and takes the input as it is given  Its advisable to use raw input for everything  Usage     gt  gt a   raw input    gt  gt 5  gt  gt a  gt  gt  5

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Another example method  to mix the prompt using print  if you need to make your code simpler   Format -  x   raw input    -- This will return the user input as a string  x  int raw input    -- Gets the input number as a string from raw input   and then converts it to an integer using int     print   nWhat  s your name      name   raw input  -- gt     print   nHow old are you   s     name  age   int raw input    print   nHow tall are you  in cms    s     name  height   int raw input    print   nHow much do you weigh  in kgs    s     name  weight   int raw input     print   nSo   s is  d years old   d cms tall and weighs  d kgs  n     name  age  height  weight

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The raw input   function reads a line from input  i e  the user  and returns a string Python v3 x as raw input   was renamed to input   PEP 3111  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     Ref  Docs Python 3

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