I am playing first time with input in python and getting some error on this code:
import random
x = input("Name of the File? ")
lines = open(x).read().splitlines()
myline =random.choice(lines)
print(myline)
when I run it, it ask me for name.. then I enter: data.txt and getting this error:
NameError: name 'data' is not defined
Use raw_input() instead:
import random
x = raw_input("Name of the File? ")
lines = open(x).read().splitlines()
myline =random.choice(lines)
print(myline)
The reason that input() isn't working for you is that it reads your input and then attempts to evaluate it with eval. When you enter the input data it attempts to eval(data) which results in NameError (unless there happens to be a variable with that name in scope). You can make it work with input(), however, you need to enter quotes so that it is evaluated as a string, e.g. enter "data".
