Name is not defined

Question

Hi, I'm new to python and am very eager to learn.
So below is my simple code :

a=input("my name is")
print (a)

For some reason this doesn't work. It says in the last line "name 'Carl' is not defined"
In using python 2.7.12
Any help would be great
Thanks

Answer 1

I believe python 2.7 uses raw_input() for strings!

Answer 2

try putting your name inside double quotes " "