input() vs. raw_input()

[Dave Brueck]

raw_input - returns input in its unprocessed ("raw") form
input - gets raw input, sends it to eval(), and returns the result

-Dave

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> For console input to an executing program, I find that raw_input("prompt")
> works very well.  In fact it works the way I would have expected
> input("prompt") to work.  The latter, however, seems to funtion as if the
> input text is part of a program being compiled.  Can someone
> explain what is
> going on here, and why "raw" is part of the name?
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