Peter - well caught! I've been wondering how that line could have arisen when running a script through the interpreter from the command line! Pasting it into Idle gives exactly that output. It was the leading $ that threw me, I took it as the shell prompt. I think that Camilo was actually typing it into Idle as well.
On 1 August 2011 10:14, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > Camilo Andres Roca Duarte wrote: > > > My name is Camilo Roca, I'm a student and recently installed the 2.7.2 > > Python version. The problem is that anytime I try to run a script from > the > > Python Shell it returns an error message. I am new using python so I am > > not sure what to do since what I'm typing in the shell is in a > > BegginersTutorial. > > > > $ python myfunctions.py > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > You shouldn't type the line > > $ python myfunctions.py > > into Idle's "Python Shell" window. The $ is the prompt of Unix shells like > bash. You have to open such a shell and type the command there, without the > leading $. > > If you are on Windows you have to open a "DOS Prompt" or "Command Window". > You can then set the working directory with > > cd some\path > > Of course you have to replace some\path with the path where the file > myfunctions.py is actually stored. Finally you can invoke your script with > > python myfunctions.py > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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