Enthought canopy validation error

Question

I need help!! I've been struggling with this problem and I cannot seem to solve it.

def itemName():
    flag = True
        while flag == True:
        try:
            name = input('What would You like to name it? \n')
            Input = str(Input)
            print(name)
            if name.upper() == ('BOAT') or name.upper() == ('CASUALTY'):
                flag = False
            else:
                raise Exception
        except:
            print('Boat or Casualty only')
    return name

name = itemName()
print(name)

This code will not pass when run. This works in the normal python IDLE but not canopy. Also the print statement only outputs if the input is an integer. I'm stumped, any ideas?

Answer 1

This is python 3 code. Canopy uses Python 2.7

The input function differs between these versions.

In python 2.7, the equivalent is raw_input