I just tried it in Python 3 (both at the interactive prompt and in idle)
and both places I get:
>>> "food is very nice" #lets eat
'food is very nice'
>>>
So it looks like it *should* work. You might copy and paste exactly what
you get into a post, including the full error traceso that we can see if
there is some other problem.
From the error message I (like Alan) wonder if you are typing in the
">>>" or something like that.
Cheers,
Vern
jims wrote:
I apologize for asking such a dumb question but I have no prior
programming experience and am trying to learn by following examples from
a book. And also from the web.
Simply put here is where I am stuck. (Python version 3.0)
I type in the example using the comment command:
(example) *>>> "food is very nice" #lets eat
*(I am supposed to get) *food is very nice
(*What I do get is) SyntaxError: invalid syntax (<pyshell#3>, line 1)
I understand the comment part, no problem but no way can I get past what
ever else I am doing wrong. I assume it's something fundamental but I
can't get past this.
Thanks for any help.
Jim
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