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Python Python Basics Types and Branching If, Else and Elif

Pedro Barajas
Pedro Barajas
1,602 Points
Posted by Pedro Barajas
Pedro Barajas
1,602 Points

NameError, Please Help!

This code works on Launch Workplace, however it doesn't work on PyCharm or VSCode.

first_name = input("What is your first name? ") print("Hello,", first_name) if first_name == "Caitlin": print(first_name, "is learning Python") print("Have a great day {}!".format(first_name))

This is the error that I get on PyCharm and VSCode File "index.py", line 25, in <module> first_name = input("What is your first name? ") File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'Caitlin' is not defined I don't understand exactly what I am doing wrong.

Stephen Williams
Stephen Williams
3,372 Points

Hi Pedro! this is what I came up with, I tried it in VS Code and it runs with no errors...

first_name = input("What is your first name? ") print("Hello, {}".format(first_name))

if first_name == "Caitlin": print("{} is learning Python".format(first_name)) print("Have a great day {}!".format(first_name))

1 Answer

Tim Albertson
Tim Albertson
2,823 Points
Tim Albertson
Tim Albertson
2,823 Points

Hi Pedro,

I'm not sure why that error is happening. How exactly are you running your code in VS Code? I ran the same code in VS Code and didn't get any errors.