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[kevinh6673]

I am a complete noob to this. Actually trying to work through some of this for a class I am taking. We are using python to right protocols for networking assignments.

So I have installed Python 3.4.2. I go to right a very simple code and it isn't working. x = raw_input ("enter your name: "). The issue I am having is, it will not allow me to enter "_", the underscore.

Thank you for the help.

Kevin

 

[JustMartin]

So, are you doing this in Python directly - that is, did you open a terminal session and issue the python command and then try your x= at the prompt? When you say 'Won't let you _' does it just not appear on the screen or does it complain in some other way

Have you tried 'input' instead of raw_input?

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

raw_input() is Python 2.x

It's just input() in Python 3.x

If you're working with someone else or doing this as an assignment, I would check which version of Python it should be done in.

If you're doing this for yourself, feel free to use whichever version. I stick with 2.7.x because everything is compatible with it - sometimes I have to use old libraries that aren't compatible with 3.x.

 

[lukeg01]

Hello
This is because you use python 3.x I recommend sticking to 2.x cause like everything on the internet in written in it.