[Tutor] Learning Python

[Charlie Derr]

The % represents a command prompt.  Probably if you're on a windows machine
you have a > instead of a %.  In any case you shouldn't type it.

If you've got python installed, and your PATH is set properly, and you've
created a "spam.py" file (and perhaps an "eggs" file as well?)  in the
current directory then I assume the following should work for you:

python spam.py -i eggs -o bacon

I don't have a copy of Learning Python in front of me at the moment, but
it's pretty good from what I remember.  You may also find
http://python.org/doc/Newbies.html helpful.  Alan Gauld also has some great
stuff at http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld/.

And don't hesitate to come back here and ask more questions as you have
them.  That's what the list is for  :-]


	~c

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: tutor-admin@python.org [mailto:tutor-admin@python.org]On Behalf Of
~ Griesbaum@aol.com
~ Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 9:18 AM
~ To: tutor@python.org
~ Subject: [Tutor] Learning Python
~
~
~ I'm a complete newbie to programming and have heard from Leo
~ Laporte on Tech
~ TV that python is good for people just starting out. Early on in
~ the book I'm
~ having some problems. When I type this line in the book under the heading
~ (Running Module Files) % python spam.py -i eggs -o bacon I get
~ SyntaxError:
~ invalid syntax. Am I reading this correctly in the book? Is the
~ symbol before
~ the python a percentage mark? This seems to be an ongoing problem
~ in the book
~ whenever I type something exactly the way it is in the book I get
~ some type
~ of error message. Is there a better python book to start out with for
~ complete beginners? Is there a better book for complete beginners?
~
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