[Tutor] print 'hello world' - invalid syntax

[boB Stepp]

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Quidam S-enfuit
<quidam_senfuit at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have installed python on the windows 7 machine. (Tried 64 bit version
> also; same error).
> I tried print "Hello world" and  print 'hello world'.  It stated syntax
> error!?...
> Thanks.
> =======copied from python (interactive command) /pasted
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> Python 3.2.3 (default, Apr 11 2012, 07:15:24) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
> on win
> 32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> print 'hello world'
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     print 'hello world'
>                       ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
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I am starting to learn Python as well. Apparently one of the
significant changes from Python 2.x versions to the new Python 3.x
versions is that print is now treated as a function. So instead try:

print('hello world')

I think that should work for your version of Python.


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Cheers!
boB