Unexpected NameError from input()

Question

I was just doing some practice in python I tried to print an input vairable but I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mva1.py", line 1, in <module>
    name = input("what is your name?")
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Francis' is not defined

Here's my code:

name = input("what is your name?")
if name is "Francis":
    print "Welcome"

I also did this:

name = input("what is your name?")
print name

and on running it, I typed my name and got this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/DELL/Desktop/frankscute's/Practices/mva1.py", line 1, in <module>
    name = input("what is your name?")
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Francis' is not defined

I'm using Python 2.7 on PyCharm IDE

you are using python 2.7 instead of input, user raw_input – Maddy Oct 12 '16 at 13:35 — Maddy, Oct 12 '16 at 13:35
Thanks it worked for me. – Francis Sunday Oct 12 '16 at 13:43 — Francis Sunday, Oct 12 '16 at 13:43

Maddy · Answer 1 · 2016-10-12T13:43:33.563

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Python 2.7 uses raw_input not input. Use Python 3.2 for input for taking a user input. (in this case)

name = raw_input("what is your name?")
if name is "Francis":
    print "Welcome"# your code goes here

edited Oct 12 '16 at 13:43

answered Oct 12 '16 at 13:38

Maddy

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Python 2.7 uses `input` too, just differently. – MooingRawr Oct 12 '16 at 13:38
Yes I agree but in this case we just use raw_input – Maddy Oct 12 '16 at 13:43
Thanks for the tip – Francis Sunday Oct 12 '16 at 13:44

Unexpected NameError from input()

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