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When you want to start a *new* question, ALWAYS start a fresh, blank email, set the "To" address to tutor@python.org, and DO NOT reply to a digest. Thank you. My answer to your question appears below: On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 03:56:22PM -0700, tayo rotimi wrote: > My first exercise: print "Game Over" does not run! Where have I missed it? > The error message is as follows: > > File "<stdin>", line 1 > print "Game Over" > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax Are you using Python 3 instead of Python 2? One of the changes between the 2.x versions and the 3.x versions is that print is no longer a statement, but is now a function. That means you have to write it using round brackets (parentheses for Americans): # version 2.x print "Game Over" # version 3.x print("Game Over") For simple printing, there's not much advantage either way, but for more advanced printing, the function form is much better. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor