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Pradeep Kamalakannan
1,019 PointsHello, I get an error when I do the below: >>> my_list.append("{}".format(input("Please enter an item: ")))
my_list.append("{}".format(input("Please enter an item: "))) Please enter an item: apple Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'apple' is not defined
When I give the input as "apple" with the quotes it works. Should I always use an variable with append ?
2 Answers
Pradeep Kamalakannan
1,019 PointsThanks for the response Michael, The issue I was using python 2.7. input command was not taking parameters as strings. my_list.append() was expecting a string.
The solution was either give the input as "Apple" with quotes or use raw_input which took the value as string.
Michael Nash
3,724 PointsThe problem that you have here is you do not need "{}".format. You only need to use input() in your amend function.
Robert Peters
3,728 Pointsyeah so just: my_list.append(input("Please enter an item: ")) is that not ok?
Lois Shedd
1,126 PointsLois Shedd
1,126 PointsYes, I had the same problem earlier. The videos assume you are using Python 3, so there are some in discrepancies if you are using Python 2 (as installed on Mac by default). This is why I started using the workspaces rather than my own editor.