TypeError: 'str' object is not callable when using input() in PyDev for Eclipse

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I'm making a basic text adventure game for the first time in PyDev in Eclipse and when I try to have the user give input more than once I get the above error. Below is the code I used that generated the error:

print("Input a name for your character.")    
input = input()    
player = Character(input)

I already have the class Character defined and it takes a str as its argument. The setter is below.

player.setName(input)    
print("\nWelcome, "+input+"!\nChoose a weapon from the list below.")    
print("\nfists\ndagger\nspear\naxe\nshortsword\nlongsword\nmace")    
wpn = input()

I get a TypeError on the line with wpn = input() " saying 'str' object is not callable .

This confuses me because, shouldn't this take input and store it in a new variable "wpn" where once it was stored in "input"? When I change wpn to input it works, but not if I ask it to take user input...

I want unique user inputs each time, but I'm not sure how to accomplish that given this error.

Answer 1

You've changed input to be a string. It's no longer what the original input function does. Give the value that input returns a different name:

user_input = input()

This will keep the input function as it is.

Answer 2

It is not working because your variable input is overwriting the real input function, so the best way to solve this is to rename the variable, try this:

user_input = input()

Now it won't overwrite the function