On 06/09/10 07:44, Deadly Dirk wrote:
> I am a total beginner with Python. I am reading a book ("The Quick Python
> Book", 2nd edition, by Vernon Ceder) which tells me that print function
> takes end="" argument not to print newline character. I tried and here is
> what happens:
>
>>>> print(x)
> abc
>>>> print(x,end="")
> File "<stdin>", line 1
> print(x,end="")
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>>
>
> What does the error message mean? I am using Python 2.6.5 on Ubuntu 9.10.
That print function is Python 3.x syntax. In Python 2.x, print is a
statement, not a function and uses completely different syntax.
You can, though, add this switch at the top of your python code:
from __future__ import print_statement
to use the new print syntax in python 2.x
Or, you could download and install Python 3.x.
Or, you could find a book that discusses Python 2.x.
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