On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Wildman via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > Point taken. I did miss the python3 part. > > I switched to raw_input because it handles an empty > input. An empty input would trigger the ValueError. > No doubt with the correct code the same or similar > could be done with input(). My lack of experience > caused me to look for simpler solution and perhaps > the wrong one.
The exact same thing is true of input() in Python 3. In Python 2, input() is the same as eval(raw_input()), so don't use it ever [1]. You can happily use input() in Py3, even if you get empty input. I like to put this at the top of cross-version scripts: try: input = raw_input except NameError: pass Then you can proceed to use input() without worries. ChrisA [1] Yes, I'm aware there are times when evalling the user's input is what you want. In those cases, be explicit and use eval. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
