On Mar 7, 2022, at 14:58, Robert Wasserman <robertwasser...@me.com> wrote: > Thank you so much for responding to my email. I’ve spent hours and searched > for other forms of the instructions for using NLTK,
You're welcome but, in the future, please reply to the mailing list so that everyone can participate and benefit. I've CC-ed this reply. > Under the lines that loaded Python 10.3.1 Python 10.3.1 Header, I got the > >>> prompt and I assumed that I could continue with in Python3 by typing > Python or Python3 but neither worked > and the from NLTK.book.import * returned the message printed below > import NLTK and followed that at the next >>> prompt with NLTK.downoad() > > > But did not get the material in Figure (the figure headed with Collectcions > , Corpora Models All Packages etc. > > From the >>> prompt tried. >>>from NLTK.book import * > > Long ago, I recall having gone through the same process when using Python2.7 > or perhaps 2.5 and got the data and was able to run Python and then the > >>>from NLTK.book import *. > > …and then was able to type the commands such as text1(Moby Dick) and the > other texts which I could then use with commands such as > >>>text1.concordance(“monstrous”). Etc > > But when I used IDLE and brought up the Python3 prompt, it seemed that > Python3 loaded properly but as not able to act on perform commands. The > command line responded that > To my effort to type “from NLTK.book. import * > With. Last login: Sun Mar 6 14:49:42 on ttys000 > (base) robertwasserman@Roberts-MacBook-Pro ~ % python > Python 3.9.7 (default, Sep 16 2021, 08:50:36) > [Clang 10.0.0 ] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> from nltk.book.import * > File "<stdin>", line 1 > from nltk.book.import * > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > >>> The syntax error is from an extra ".". Instead, try: from nltk.book import * -- Ned Deily n...@python.org -- [] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
