What's the difference between `raw_input()` and `input()` in Python 3?

Question

What is the difference between raw_input() and input() in Python 3?

Answer 1

I'd like to add a little more detail to the explanation provided by everyone for the python 2 users. raw_input(), which, by now, you know that evaluates what ever data the user enters as a string. This means that python doesn't try to even understand the entered data again. All it will consider is that the entered data will be string, whether or not it is an actual string or int or anything.

While input() on the other hand tries to understand the data entered by the user. So the input like helloworld would even show the error as 'helloworld is undefined'.

In conclusion, for python 2, to enter a string too you need to enter it like 'helloworld' which is the common structure used in python to use strings.