python does not recognize "quit()"

Question

I've started python in a DOS window. it displays "Python 3.12.0".... But if I input "quit()", I got the message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'quit' is not defined

Now I cannot quit python. Why?

Answer 1

In Python, you can exit the interpreter by typing either exit() or pressing Ctrl + Z followed by Enter (on Windows).

Try using exit() instead of quit() to exit the Python interpreter in the DOS window.

you can use exit(0) to exit the Python interpreter as well.