While loop replacing Else Statement?(Python) [duplicate]

Question

Ok here it is

  done = False
  while not done:
      quit = input ("Do you want to quit? ")
      if quit == "y" :
         done = True;

      if not done:
       attack = input ("Does your elf attack the dragon? ")
       if attack == "y":
          print ("Bad choice, you died.")
          done = True;

but when I get to

           Do you want to quit?

And I enter

I get

       Traceback (most recent call last):
         File "C:\Users\your pc\Desktop\JQuery\dragon.py", line 4, in <module>
           quit = input ("Do you want to quit? ")
         File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
        NameError: name 'n' is not defined

according to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2Z2pH0Ls9Ew#! it should work

Try raw_input() instead.

Stjepan Bakrac
– Stjepan Bakrac

2013-05-02 16:27:06 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2013 at 16:27 — Stjepan Bakrac
– Stjepan Bakrac, Commented May 2, 2013 at 16:27

Stjepan Bakrac · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-02 16:28:56Z

2

input behaves differently in version 2 and 3 of Python. You're clearly on Python 2, because it tries to interpret the input in the Python environment.

You will want raw_input() instead, which simply reads in a string.

Edit: To make the difference clear, in Python 2:

>>> type(input())
0
<type 'int'>
>>> type(raw_input())
0
<type 'str'>

In Python 3:

>>> type(input())
0
<class 'str'>

answered May 2, 2013 at 16:28

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