Python EOF error

#1

I’m working on Sal’s Shipping problem in the LEARN PYTHON 3 course.
https://www.codecademy.com/courses/learn-python-3/projects/sals-shipping?action=resume_content_item

I wrote the following code:

#Get client to input weight of package
print("Hello. How much does your package weigh? ")
weight = float(input())
print(“I understand that your package weighs: " + str(weight) + " lbs.”)

When I run it on the Codecademy interface, I get the following error:

Hello. How much does your package weigh?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “script.py”, line 3, in
weight = input()
EOFError: EOF when reading a line

However, I’ve also downloaded Pycharm and when I run the code on Pycharm, it runs fine. Why would this be?

I need for it to run in Codecademy too so that I can advance in my course.
Thanks for your help.

#2

Please post a link to the exercise so we can test your code.

#3

Thanks. I’ve added the link.

#4

The only thing that comes to mind is that the OS does not support input(), which may be a result of the way CC has implemented Python in the Learning Environment.

For this exercise use literal values to get around the issue.

#5

Thanks. I believe you’re right. It seems that CC doesn’t support input(). I wonder why they would do that.

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#6

With millions of users all manner of things can go wrong; or, in the case of informed users it might lessen their ability to exploit the environment.

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