At the >>> prompt (which is the interactive) interpreter, try: print('food is very nice') #lets eat
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 5:45 PM, jims <jandmst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I apologize for asking such a dumb question but I have no prior programming > experience and am trying to learn by following examples from a book. And > also from the web. > > Simply put here is where I am stuck. (Python version 3.0) > > I type in the example using the comment command: > > (example) *>>> "food is very nice" #lets eat > > *(I am supposed to get) *food is very nice > > (*What I do get is) SyntaxError: invalid syntax (<pyshell#3>, line 1) > > I understand the comment part, no problem but no way can I get past what > ever else I am doing wrong. I assume it's something fundamental but I can't > get past this. > Thanks for any help. > Jim > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- eric dorsey | www.perfecteyedesign.com
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