[Tutor] Input() is not working as expected in Python 3.1

[Yaraslau Shanhin]

Hello All,

I am working with Python tutorial in wiki and one of the exercises is as
follows:

Ask the user for a string, and then for a number. Print out that string,
that many times. (For example, if the string is hello and the number is 3 you
should print out hellohellohello.)

Solution for this exercise is:

text = str(raw_input("Type in some text: "))
number = int(raw_input("How many times should it be printed? "))print
(text * number)



Since in Python raw_input() function was renamed to input() according
to PEP 3111 <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3111/> I have
respectively updated this code to:


text = str(input("Type in some text: "))
number = int(input("How many times should it be printed? "))print
(text * number)



However when I try to execute this code in Python 3.1 interpreter
error message is generated:


Type in some text: some
How many times should it be printed? 3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test4.py", line 2, in <module>
    number = int(input("How many times should it be printed? "))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'How many times
should it be printed? 3'


Can you please advise me how to resolve this issue?
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