On 2014-07-06 05:13, rxjw...@gmail.com wrote: > What I get on Python console: > > $ python > Python 2.7.5 (default, Oct 2 2013, 22:34:09) > [GCC 4.8.1] on cygwin > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more > information. > >>> import re > >>> p = re.compile('ab*') > File "<stdin>", line 1 > p = re.compile('ab*') > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > >>>
Are you sure that you copied/pasted that directly from the console instead of transcribing it with some mistake? I just did the same thing at the console and it worked perfectly fine $ python Python 2.7.3 (default, Mar 13 2014, 11:03:55) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import re >>> p = re.compile('ab*') >>> -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list