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Vikranth Inti
Vikranth Inti

Reputation: 135

Script works in shell but not as IDLE file

When the following code is executed line by line on shell, it is giving the expected output : 

>>> name=input("Please give your full name : ")
Please give your full name : ins vikranth
>>> ListName=name.split(' ')
>>> outputString=ListName[1]+' '+ListName[0]
>>> print(outputString)
vikranth ins

The code is not running in total as a file but runs line by line on the shell. The code is :

name=input("Please give your full name : ")
ListName=name.split(' ')
outputString=ListName[1]+' '+ListName[0]
print(outputString)

The error message is :

Please give your full name : ins vikranth
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "ReverseName.py", line 1, in <module>
    name=input("Please give your full name
  File "<string>", line 1
    ins vikranth
               ^
SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

Why is this happening?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 591

Answers (2)

StyleZ
StyleZ

Reputation: 1273

the reason why this is happening is your python version ... your IDLE is python 3.X while your file is being "translated" ( Interpret ) using python 2.X ... so there are 2 simple solutions:

1/ stick with python 3.X - your code is not going to change, just change Interpreter

2/ edit it to be compatible with python 2.X :

name=raw_input("Please give your full name : ")

also here are 2 online compilers, where you can see the difference:

Python 3.7 -> https://www.onlinegdb.com/online_python_compiler

Python 2.7 -> https://repl.it/languages/python

Upvotes: 2

A.Toraman
A.Toraman

Reputation: 15

@Babu brother code seems to okey for me but you might forget somepoint.If person have a middle name it will cause an error. You have 2 array locations when user types more than 2 words it cause an unexpected end of file due to lack of location like Kevin Prince Boateng a footballer. You might want to look this https://docs.python.org/2/c-api/memory.html for a dynamical memory management

Upvotes: -1

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