
&gt;&gt;&gt; prompt = 'What...is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?\n'
&gt;&gt;&gt; speed = raw_input(prompt)
What...is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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&gt;&gt;&gt; int(speed)
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&gt;&gt;&gt; int(speed) + 5
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</font></pre><font color="black">But if the user types something other than a string of digits,
you get an error:
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&gt;&gt;&gt; speed = raw_input(prompt)
What...is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
What do you mean, an Afric