[Tutor] basic python question

[Ron Nixon]

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I'm playing around with the "How to Think Like A Computer Scientist" book and trying one of the examples and I keep getting syntax errors even though I'm typing word for word.
 
if X%2==0:
print x, "Is even"
else:
print x, "is odd"
 
but I get a syntax error on the "else:" as shown below. Can I not do this with IDLE?
 
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> if x%2==0:
 print x, "is even"
 else:
  
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> 
 
 



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<P>I'm playing around with the "How to Think Like A Computer Scientist" book and trying one of the examples and I keep getting syntax errors even though I'm typing word for word.
<P>&nbsp;
<P>if X%2==0:
<P>print x, "Is even"
<P>else:
<P>print x, "is odd"
<P>&nbsp;
<P>but I get a syntax error on the "else:" as shown below. Can I not do this with IDLE?
<P>&nbsp;
<P>SyntaxError: invalid syntax<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt; if x%2==0:<BR>&nbsp;print x, "is even"<BR>&nbsp;else:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>SyntaxError: invalid syntax<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt; 
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