Anna - Sophie Maeser wrote:
<div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">Hi!
I want to ask you a quick question.. when I type in print '' hello
world'' and then press enter, it says there is a syntax error... I
really don't know what im doing wrong. I downloaded python 3.1 and am
using IDLE with it.. im using mac.
Please help me findt he problem because its a very simple thing and I
dont know what I am doing wrong..
-Anna
</div>
Two syntax errors that I can see.
1) in python 3.1, print is a function, not a statement. So you need
parentheses around its argument.
2) You appear to be using two single quotes at each end of your hello
world string, You want to either use a single-quote at each end, or
a double-quote at each end. This may just because you mistakenly used
html to compose your email, instead of the preferred text mode.
Try:
print ("hello world")
If your tutorial material is describing Python 2.x, you may not want to
be learning on Python 3.1, because there are a few of these gotchas. It
is possible to install both 2.6 and 3.1, and choose which one you use
based on what you're working on.
DaveA
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