Question

raw_input is not working on my python idle, do I have the wrong version? using 2.54

Answer 1

It should work, how are you using it and what happens? Any error message?
It should be something like ..

raw_input("enter something")
raw_input("enter something\n")
print raw_input("enter something")
y = raw_input("enter something")

Answer 2

that's odd. it should work on any version under 3. You must be on 3. use the input() command