[Tutor] how to accept an integer?

[Bryan Fodness]

On Dec 5, 2007 4:16 PM, Jerry Hill <malaclypse2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 5, 2007 4:01 PM, Mahesh N <mahesh.mach at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I dun understand the mistake. My aim is to accept an integer number. The
> > python lookup in IDLE asks for a string object but the interpreter
> returns
> > with the following error message. Some one pls explain.
> > Thank You
> >
> >  PS : I understand that i can do type conversion after getting input
> thru
> > raw_input(). But how does input() function work?
> >
> > >>> prompt="temme a number\n"
> > >>> speed =input(prompt)
> >
> >  Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<pyshell#56>", line 1, in <module>
> >     speed =input(prompt)
> > TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
>
> You have code that you haven't shown us.  My crystal ball tells me
> that somewhere above this point you did input = "Some String", thus
> shadowing the builtin input function.  Start a new interpreter and try
> again and you should find that it works as expected.
>
> As I'm sure you'll hear from others, it really is best to use
> raw_input instead.  If you want an integer instead of a string, do
> something like this:
>
> speed = int(raw_input(prompt))


Is this how ALL known integers should be input?


>
>
> That way whatever the user types isn't run as python code, just read
> in as a string and then converted into an integer.
>
> --
> Jerry
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