NameError: name 'execfile' is not defined

[Henrik Bechmann]

Newbie issue:

I downloaded http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0.1/ (windows
insaller), opened the interpreter, wrote a print "Hello World" program
in helloworld.py, and in the interpreter typed

execfile("helloworld.py")

Got back

NameError: name 'execfile' is not defined

(following tutorial in David Beazley's Python Essential Reference).

Is execfile not supported in 3?

Thanks,

- Henrik
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Invalid syntax with print "Hello World"

[Henrik Bechmann]

obviously total mewbiew:

My first program in Python Windows

print "Hello World"

I select Run/Run Module and get an error:

Syntax error, with the closing quote highlighted.

Tried with single quotes as well. Same problem.

Can someone explain my mistake?

Thanks,

- Henrik
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Re: Invalid syntax with print "Hello World"

[Henrik Bechmann]

On Mar 12, 7:45 am, Dotan Cohen  wrote:
> > Welcome to the list.  As a newbie myself, I ran into the Python3 vrs
> > 2.6 issue.  May I suggest starting with 2.6?  There is many more books
> > and internet stuff you can learn with in 2.6 - and the examples will
> > work. As Garry wrote, once you understand 2.6, 3.0 will not be a
> > challenge.
>
> I do not think that is the best way to go about learning Python. Why
> learn an arguably depreciating version when the new version is
> available. I agree that there are not many tutorial written for Python
> 3 however there are enough to get going: most of the Python 2
> tutorials are redundant. Sticking to Python 3 tutorials will give him
> a higher signal-to-noise ratio in the tutorials that he finds.
>
> --
> Dotan Cohen
>
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>
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Thanks everyone!

Now that I know what the issue is (2 vs 3), I'll be able to resolve
those kinds of issues in the future.

Thanks again!

- Henrik
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Re: NameError: name 'execfile' is not defined

[Henrik Bechmann]

On Mar 12, 3:15 am, Gary Herron  wrote:
> Henrik Bechmann wrote:
> > Newbie issue:
>
> > I downloadedhttp://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0.1/(windows
> > insaller), opened the interpreter, wrote a print "Hello World" program
> > in helloworld.py, and in the interpreter typed
>
> > execfile("helloworld.py")
>
> > Got back
>
> > NameError: name 'execfile' is not defined
>
> > (following tutorial in David Beazley's Python Essential Reference).
>
> > Is execfile not supported in 3?
>
> That's correct.
>
>  Fromhttp://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.htmlyou can find this
> line:
>
>     Removed execfile().   Instead of execfile(fn) use exec(open(fn).read()).
>
> Gary Herron
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > - Henrik
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Excellent. Thanks very much!

- Henrik
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