Help for a complete newbie

All, I am reading a Python tutorial for complete non-programmers. The code below is so simple as to be insulting but the assignment of the "ready" variable gives a syntax error. The code reads letter-for-letter like the tutorial states. Here is a dump. Can anyone tell me what is wrong? *

HELP PLEASE: What is wrong with this?

File "autotp.py", line 21 ready = raw_input("Ready to proceed ? TYPE (y)es or (n)o: ") ^ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Help for a complete newbie

much for the info. Newsgroups are a great source of info, and folks like yourself are the reason why this is true. Best Regards, Ralph Tim Roberts wrote: > "Ralph H. Stoos Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am reading a Python tutorial for complete non-programmer