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Am encountering this error in Windows Command line,done a wide search but could not get a perfect answer.Please find the error below and help in solving.
python
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'python' is not defined
>>>
Thanks in Advance,
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To specifically handle NameError in Python, you need to mention it in the except statement. In the following example code, if only the NameError is raised in the try block then an error message will be printed on the console.
The Python "NameError: function is not defined" occurs when we try to call a function that is not declared or before it is declared. To solve the error, make sure you haven't misspelled the function's name and call it after it has been declared.
A NameError is raised when you try to use a variable or a function name that is not valid. In Python, code runs from top to bottom. This means that you cannot declare a variable after you try to use it in your code.
While compiling, Python sees the assignment to X and decides that X will be a local name everywhere in the function. But later, when the function is actually run, the assignment hasn't yet happened when the print executes, so Python says you're using an undefined name.
When you run the Windows Command Prompt, and type in python, it starts the Python interpreter.
Typing it again tries to interpret python as a variable, which doesn't exist and thus won't work:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\USER>python
Python 2.7.5 (default, May 15 2013, 22:43:36) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> python
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'python' is not defined
>>> print("interpreter has started")
interpreter has started
>>> quit() # leave the interpreter, and go back to the command line
C:\Users\USER>
If you're not doing this from the command line, and instead running the Python interpreter (python.exe or IDLE's shell) directly, you are not in the Windows Command Line, and python is interpreted as a variable, which you have not defined.
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It looks like you are trying to start the Python interpreter by running the command python.
However the interpreter is already started. It is interpreting python as a name of a variable, and that name is not defined.
Try this instead and you should hopefully see that your Python installation is working as expected:
print("Hello world!")
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