Text input

[Emile van Sebille]

Python 1.6a2 (#0, Apr  6 2000, 11:45:12) [MSC 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum,
Amsterdam
>>> a = raw_input("enter your name:")
enter your name:Emile
>>> a
'Emile'
>>>


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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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"Kevin Breit" <battery841 at remove.for.no.spam.mypad.com>
wrote in message news:1MQs5.239$1U.25905 at elnws01...
> Hey,
> warning: newbie question I am trying to figure out how to
take text from
> keyboard.  I want it to basically do something like this:
> Input your name: <user types in>Bill</user types in> I
can't figure out
> how to do this!
> Thanks
> Kevin
>