About some problem

[Rustom Mody]

On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Joel Goldstick
<joel.goldstick at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:31 AM, raj kumar <rajkumar84730 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello, I am beginner to python and i am writing following code
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>> from pytesser import *
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>> and i am getting an error as follow
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>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>   File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pytesser.py", line 61
>>     print text
>>              ^
>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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>>
>> How to resolve it ? Give me all steps to resolve it.
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> First, you should give version and os when you ask a question.  However it
> is clear you are using python 3.3 and Windows.
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> Your print statement implies that pytesser.py is written in the 2.x dialect
> of python.  In version 3.x print became a function and requires parenthesis
> around the arguments.
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> So, you need to find a version of pytesser.py that is compatible with python
> 3, or if you can't do that, and you need pytesser.py, you have to install
> python 2.7
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> Also, this is usually a bad idea:
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>             from pytesser import *
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> Probably better not to muddle the namespace with a chance of naming
> collisions and do:
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>   import pytesser
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> Good luck.  Come back after you've had a go with those ideas

i'm not sure about this but isnt it normally the case that different
version modules dont get mixed up like that?
IOW if pytesser was a properly packaged 2.7 module would python 3 be
able to get at it ??