NameError: name 'execfile' is not defined

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 tutor

Invalid syntax with print "Hello World"

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 -- http://mail.python.

Re: Invalid syntax with print "Hello World"

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 und

Re: NameError: name 'execfile' is not defined

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