[Tutor] Capturing user input

[Rob Andrews]

----- Original Message -----
I am using IDLE and a tutorial, the
> following code is to capture the user input:
>
> name = raw_input ("What is your name? ")
> print name
>
> I cannot get the variable "name" to print to the screen, after the prompt
> displays and the user types in their name.  It seems straight forward
> enough, am I missing something obvious here?
>
> thanks in advance for any response.
>
> Adrian
>
It worked just fine here. Can you paste the text of what you are entering
into IDLE, including any errors, into an email to show us?

Hopefully helpful,
Rob
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