No need to define raw_input(), input() does the same.
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
index f6f41b3..caea301 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -16,13 +16,7 @@
Perhaps the most well-known statement type is the :keyword:`if` statement. For
example::
- >>> def raw_input(prompt):
- ... import sys
- ... sys.stdout.write(prompt)
- ... sys.stdout.flush()
- ... return sys.stdin.readline()
- ...
- >>> x = int(raw_input("Please enter an integer: "))
+ >>> x = int(input("Please enter an integer: "))
>>> if x < 0:
... x = 0
... print 'Negative changed to zero'
@@ -298,15 +292,9 @@
This creates a function that can be called with fewer arguments than it is
defined to allow. For example::
- def raw_input(prompt):
- import sys
- sys.stdout.write(prompt)
- sys.stdout.flush()
- return sys.stdin.readline()
-
def ask_ok(prompt, retries=4, complaint='Yes or no, please!'):
while True:
- ok = raw_input(prompt)
+ ok = input(prompt)
if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'): return True
if ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'): return False
retries = retries - 1