On 22-Apr-11 07:13, Alex Butler wrote:
Hello all,
I am new to programming on Python and am teaching myself. I have figured
Hi, Alex, welcome to programming and the Python language.
If you want to get the most out of this list, it helps to ask very
specific questions, showing what you have tried so far to figure out
your problem, with what results.
Including examples of your actual code and actual error messages is
enormously helpful.
out some basics of coding, however whenever I try to run the program or
check its functionality (Alt + X on my windows) it always comes back
saying that “there’s an error in your program: invalid syntax.” However,
when it returns to the IDLE page and highlights the error, it highlights
the 7 in the python 2.7.1 above any coding. And if I am able to delete
that text, it then links the syntax error to the multiple ‘>’ in the
code. Is this a common issue with a simple fix? Thanks
It sounds to me like you're confusing the actual program code with other
stuff like the >>> prompt Python's interpreter types to you. Are you
cutting and pasting more into IDLE than the Python program code itself?
You should not have things like "Python 2.7.1" or ">>>" showing up in
your source code.
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