[Tutor] Getting confusing NameError

[Nitin Das]

use raw_input instead of input . as using input is unsafe as it evaluates
your input as python command.
for e,g.
x = input("enter command") and u entered "1 + 2" as input., then it will
evaluate 1+2 = 3 = x.

 -nitin

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:45 PM, shane brennan <wiserwaylander at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Tutors
>
> This is my first mail to this list so firstly thank you for reading and
> apologies in advance for any noob mistakes i may have inadvertantly made:).
> Ive only started learning python as my first programming language and its
> all going well so far, working my way through a couple of books one of which
> is programming python: for absolute beginners by Michael Dawson
>
> In one of the code samples he supplies while doing loops ( namely if and
> else loops) im getting a NameError i dont understand and cannot find any
> help anywhere about it. here is the code he supplied and the error im
> getting
>
> # Password
> # Demonstrates the if statement
>
> print("Welcome to System Security Inc.")
> print("-- where security is our middle name\n")
>
> password = input("Enter your password: ")
>
> if password == "secret":
>     print("Access Granted")
>
> input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>
>
> and the traceback error im getting
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "G:\Programming\Python\programming python\chapter3\password.py",
> line 7,
> in <module>
>     password = input("Enter your password: ")
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> NameError: name 'secret' is not defined
>
>
> I know this is probably very simple but for some reason i cannot get my
> head around it.
>
> thank you for any help in advance
>
> shane
>
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