[Tutor] Use of Python 3 on a Mac

[Alan Gauld]

On 27/02/2022 20:53, André FOURNERAT wrote:

> I use a Mac under OS 10.11.6.
> I have downloaded Python
> I use a book in French « Apprendre à programmer avec Python 3 » (Learning to program with Python 3).
> one of the first exercises should read this
>>>> a=20
>>>> if (a>100):
> …		print (« a is more than a hundred »)
> …	else:
> …		print (« a is less than a hundred »)
> …

I'm guessing the French book uses << >>  as quotes
but your locale uses something different.
Use whatever quote symbols are correct in your locale.

> but the result is this with Python 3.9.0
> 
> and it is this with Python 3.10.2

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Assuming you have a Mac version of python installed
then 3.9 at least should work just fine. 3.10 may
well do too.

Finally, in the line

if (a>100):

The brackets are not needed in Python.

if a>100:

would be the normal way to write it.

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