Am Freitag, 15. Februar 2013 schrieb Joel Goldstick : > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Deborah Piotrowski < > spiceninj...@gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '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
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