NameError: global name 'long' is not defined

Question

I have a Python version 3.3.0 and I am not sure why it does not let me do long for b and m here... I tried to look up the answers on here and but nothing helped...thanks

im getting an error saying

NameError: global name 'long' is not defined


power = long(b) % long(m)

Answer 1

In Python 3.x, use int instead of long.

From What’s New In Python 3.0, Integers:

• PEP 237: Essentially, long renamed to int. That is, there is only one built-in integral type, named int; but it behaves mostly like the old long type.