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-----Original Message----- From: Deborah Piotrowski <spiceninj...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:08:17 To: Bob Brusa<bob.br...@gmail.com> Cc: Joel Goldstick<joel.goldst...@gmail.com>; python-list@python.org<python-list@python.org> Subject: Re: New User-Need-Help print "Game Over" input("\n\nPress the Enter Key to Exit") Syntax Error: Invalid Syntax On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Bob Brusa <bob.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Am Freitag, 15. Februar 2013 schrieb Joel Goldstick : > > >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Deborah Piotrowski < >> spiceninj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> I am very new to Python, I am using the e-book "Python Programming for >>> the Absolute Beginner" and am starting with a simple "Game Over" Program. >>> This is the code:which is extremely simple! >>> print"Game Over" raw_input("\n\nPress Enter Key to exit") >>> >> >> welcome Nicholas >> >> >> One important thing about python is indentation is important. You have >> presented your code in a way that can't be. Can you actually copy your >> program and paste it into an email message. Also, Windows, Linux, Mac? >> >> >> >>> That's it. It is supposed to bring up a window that says "Game Over" and >>> at the bottom say "Press enter Key to exit" and when you press the enter >>> key it is supposed to exit(big suprise). >>> But all it does is highlight "raw_input" and says "invalid syntax" Now, >>> if I just put "print "Game Over"" then it says Game Over UNDERNEATH the >>> code I just printed! >>> now I am following the book to the *pixel* and that is not what is >>> supposed to happen! >>> Please email me back as soon as you get this...(if you are not to busy). >>> >>> Thanks,Nicholas >>> >>> -- >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Joel Goldstick >> http://joelgoldstick.com >> > > Nicholas, > Could it be that you use a more recent version ( e. g. 3.3) of python? I > found that raw_input is indeed no longer recognized. Use input instead and > your code will work - at least it did so with python 3.3 on my iPad. > Bob > > > -- > Von Gmail Mobile gesendet > -- Nicholas J. Piotrowski
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