Question

I'm brand new and playing around with Python. I entered this code:

person = input('Enter your name: ')
print('Hello', person)

and this happens:

>>> person = input('Enter your name: ')
print('Hello', person)
Enter your name: Sarah

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in person = input('Enter your name: ') File "", line 1, in NameError: name 'Keely' is not defined >>> What is going on? Why won't it print "Hello, Sarah?"

Answer 1

Using input() in this context is Python 3 syntax. You're using Python 2. To do what you expect in Python 2:

person = raw_input( "Enter your name: " )

Answer 2

and also...
to print the result that you want to see the syntax would be the following:
print 'Hello, ', person
or the "+" sign instead of a comma...

Answer 3

The + sign will print exactly what you have. The comma will print what you have and put a space in between.