RevitPythonShell user input raw_input error

Question

Does anybody know how to fix this error in RevitPythonShell 2018.1.0.0?

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Answer 1

Are you working python 2.x or 3.x?

Check on the terminal: python -V

The below code is for python 2.x (for python 3 use input instead of raw_input):

answer = ''
while not answer:
    answer = raw_input("bunny rabbits lay eggs (y,n)? ").rstrip().lower()

Answer 2

@GTN, it looks like the code that is running the shell is trying to parse the line as code. That is probably due to how it tries to figure out what your input was. I remember being very confused with all of this when I first created RPS.

Instead, try doing this:

print("bunny rabbits lay eggs? yes/no")
answer = raw_input()

EDIT: I checked. It doesn't work.

Here's a solution that uses Forms:

import clr
clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")
clr.AddReference("System.Drawing")
from System.Drawing import Point
from System.Windows.Forms import Form, TextBox, Button, Label, TableLayoutPanel, DockStyle, DialogResult, AnchorStyles


class InputBox(Form):
    def __init__(self, question):
        self.Text = question

        self.tlp = TableLayoutPanel()
        self.tlp.RowCount = 3
        self.tlp.ColumnCount = 1
        self.tlp.Dock = DockStyle.Fill

        self.label = Label()
        self.label.Text = question
        self.label.AutoSize = True
        self.label.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
        self.label.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right | AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Bottom
        self.tlp.Controls.Add(self.label)

        self.answer = TextBox()
        self.answer.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
        self.answer.AutoSize = True
        self.answer.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right | AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Bottom
        self.tlp.Controls.Add(self.answer)

        self.ok = Button()
        self.ok.Text = "OK"
        self.ok.AutoSize = True
        self.ok.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right | AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Bottom
        self.ok.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK
        self.tlp.Controls.Add(self.ok)

        self.Controls.Add(self.tlp)

def raw_input(question):
    input_box = InputBox(question)
    result = input_box.ShowDialog()
    if result == DialogResult.OK:
        return input_box.answer.Text

print raw_input("bunny rabbits lay eggs??")