python first project

[ngangsia akumbo]

On Saturday, January 11, 2014 5:29:39 AM UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 3:18 PM, ngangsia akumbo <ngangsia at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >     purch_price = input("Please enter the price for purchase made: ")
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> >     purch_p = raw_input("Please enter the reason of this purchase made: ")
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> Never use input() in a Python 2 program... always use raw_input()
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> instead. You're mostly right, but you have a few cases where you're
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> using input(). Probably what you want is int(input()) or
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> float(input()).
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> Incidentally, is there a strong reason for using Python 2 for this? If
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> not, I'd recommend moving immediately to Python 3, as there are an
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> increasing number of advantages. Unless something actually binds you
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> to Py2, save yourself the trouble of shifting in a few years' time and
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> just use Py3 now.
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> ChrisA

Thanks for the reply