"Nameerror: [word I typed] is not defined" when trying to read from keyboard

Question

I was following a little tutorial. I did everything exactly as indicated in the tutorial and gave me a variable definition error whereas in the tutorial did not give.

Can someone explain to me the mistake?

Code:

print "hello wolrd"
myName = input("what is your name?")
myVar = "hello"
print (myName)
print (myVar)

Exit:

C:\Users\Miguel\Desktop>python poop.py
hello wolrd
what is your name?Miguel
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "poop.py", line 2, in <module>
    myName = input("what is your name?")
  File "<string">, line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Miguel' is not defined

The question is that in the tutorial when I put the name Miguel was supposed to answer with Hello and is not giving, someone can explain me sff?

Answer 1

Solution:

You are using Python 2 and the tutorial must be using Python 3. Use Python 3 or swap input for raw_input.

Explanation:

The function input Python 2 is not to read strings, but to read something from the keyboard and interpret it as Python codes. It is equivalent to eval(raw_input()). Like Miguel is not set and looks like a variable name, you get an undefined variable error.

In Python 3, the function input now behaves like the raw_input, that is, reads from the keyboard and returns the value as a string.

Unless you have good reasons, since you are starting, I recommend learning Python 3 and not Python 2. It is the present and the future of the language.