Question

If I want to assign a variable using ran_input, why doesn't " y= str(ran_input( 'enter y: '))" work?

Answer 1

Hey, you probably have just mistyped the method ran_input. Type "ran" in the Python Shell and press ctrl+space to see the autocompletion & suggestions of valid methods. You will see the correct method name is "raw_input". By pressing tab the selected method in the suggestion list will be used.

Answer 2

Also note that raw_input() returns a string:

>>> y = raw_input( "enter y: " )
enter y: 3456
>>> y
'3456'

y is a string, not an integer.

Answer 3

thank you so much t_ec