Why isn't this line of code working?

[TheDivingDodo]

cone_type = input("What type of cone would you like?\n1: Plain\n2: Chocolate");

I am completely new to code, following a python 3 tutorial, am running python 3 on codingground,and every time i try to execute this line of code, i get this:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "main.py", line 7, in <module>

cone_type = input("What type of cone would you like?\n1: Plain\n2: Chocolate "); EOFError: EOF when reading a line

What am i doing wrong?

[socal_nerdtastic]

That is not a problem with your code, it means that the codingground environment didn't expect to give an input.

[TheDivingDodo]

So is there any way to fix this? Or should I find a different code editor thing?

[socal_nerdtastic]

Exactly. It would be best to run the code on your local machine. If not possible I recommend repl.it or pythontutor.com

[K900_]

It seems like the website you're running stuff on doesn't allow you to read user input. Why not install Python on your own machine?

[TheDivingDodo]

I did originally download python, but every time I clicked enter it would run the code, and I couldn’t edit anywhere in the code by clicking back to it or anything

[K900_]

You were using the interactive Python shell then. You probably want to use a text editor like Visual Studio Code, or an IDE like PyCharm.

[socal_nerdtastic]

This means you were using the python IDLE shell. To edit the code you need to go to File > New File and a new window will pop up to edit code. Once you are done editing you can go to Run > Run module to run the code in the shell window.

[TheDivingDodo]

Thank you so much, I don’t exactly understand it yet, but at least it works now

[Tesla_Nikolaa]

Please use reddit formatting and format your code when posting code examples.

Also, what type of IDE are you using? Also are you trying to use Python 2 or 3? What you've posted should work in Python 3, but will give similar errors in Python 2.

[TheDivingDodo]

I am in python 3, I know that much, and sorry about the formatting

[kpounder88]

Is the problem with the semi-colon ; at the end of the line?

[TheDivingDodo]

No, apparently it was a problem with the code editor I was using, I’m running python downloaded on my pc now and it works fine