-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/18/2011 10:30 AM, James Darlack wrote: > Hello, > > I installed version 3.2 TK Version 8.5 on an XP system. Simple commands > such as a 1+1 and others work OK. However, when I enter print "hello/n", I > get the error message. I think there is a path or environmental name that > is not set. Can you advise me how to fix this problem? > >>>> print "hello World!" > SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>> python -v > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in <module> > python -v > NameError: name 'python' is not defined >>>> python -V > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in <module> > python -V > NameError: name 'python' is not defined
Alright, you have two problems, none of them related to IDLE. First off, the syntax for print in python 3 is print(string). Second, you were trying to run shell commands from IDLE's python interpreter, which doesn't work. You may be interested in the tutor list (tu...@python.org) for basic questions. - -- Corey Richardson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN2ckeAAoJEAFAbo/KNFvphwMIAI4H4fy0W3hZW1YQtvnoC8/O wmJeOvc+GnXVgfdn3+QPfPJhEQJOKcKFnquF/BSdT9prnXPaoNreJCl/EF/H3xba JMKXQL2xkdRAwDUDrgw0a1g6BDMDBqGxmbG1rr49JW1JoXIKfcsL+tngYB1tBGT2 B6eOQL2z9Bj/aBEBsgXFYhO3RnkdqQHMTtRCNzJEtaibDFfIdiSyzQI7QmUYpcFq K6RHPQpsSSW8yCVlkVdjJSSCj3NkvBtNd6968aeJj3D49QL4KBkpxn5wKMPuEwVn qj0s7jgpez3hxaPw9TdwO5BRg0mZsPUPxa8w/uNsenZUQ0/HGtns9QwJSi6io/k= =Vma2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list IDLE-dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
