Question

I've listened to the first lecture and I'm working on Problem Set 0. What I can't seem to figure out is how to take both raw_input's, assign them different values, and then print them. I know this is probably a really dumb question, but I appreciate any help.

Answer 1

Post a sample of your code so we can look at it and explain/help with it.

http://codepad.org/ (make sure to select Python)

The solution involves 2 variables assigned to values that come from raw_input().

firstname = raw_input("Enter your first name:\n**")
lastname = raw_input("Enter your last name:\n**")

after that, you simply print out the strings stored in those variables.

print lastname
print firstname

Answer 2

Maybe the real problem is I don't know how to start a Python file. Is there anything special I should be doing or do I just start with my first expression (firstname = raw_input...)? When I paste what I have into codepad I get an error on the first line ( http://codepad.org/YF29Y2W3) I tried to model 'my' code after the phrases you gave in case I did something wrong in my original. Thanks!

Answer 3

did you open up a new page in idle? or did you just type everything right in?

Answer 4

open up a new page in idle, type in your code (nothing wrong with it; EOF is raised because websites like codepad etc. can't emulate input), and Save as a .py file (type in a name like ps0.py). Then, press f5 or go to the Run menu and click Run Module

Answer 5

I'm going to check in the morning. Thank you for your help!

Answer 6

Take a look at my solution, in python, bash, lisp, and tcl, here: http://baldwinsoftware.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.MIT1

The python code is:
#!/usr/bin/env python

# Problem Set 0
# Name: Tony Baldwin
# Collaborators: none
# Time: 0:30

last = raw_input("Please enter your last name: ")
first = raw_input("Please enter your first name: ")
print(first + "\n" + last)