conditional statement using dictionary isn't working from python3 to python2.4

Question

I wrote s small script to iterate through a dictionary in python3 that works just fine. I was working in a different machine that only had python2.4 installed. I copied the script and ran and now the code is not entering the if-statement within the for loop. I am assuming this is just a version discrepancy.

I had tried to look online to see what some differences could be between versions. Closest I have come to is 'dict.iterkeys()'

tests = {'1':'test1','2':'test2'}

answer = input('which test? ')

for test in tests:
    if test == answer:
        print(tests[test])

The expected output is for the tests I want to be printed. However, in python version 2.4 it is not entering the if-statement at all. In python3 this script works just fine.

Any insight helps.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Python3 replaced the old input statement with the functionality of python 2’s raw_input. It used to evaluate the input now it’s passed as a string for safety.

Replace the line: (py3)

answer = input('which test? ')

With: (py2)

answer = raw_input('which test? ')

Or:

answer = str(input('which test? '))

Refer to PEP3111 for more details.