newbie question

[Erik Max Francis]

Emile van Sebille wrote:

> " 1" <jnlc at bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:yXVD7.6251$QL2.175221 at e3500-atl1.usenetserver.com...
>
> > When I got to run the file (by typing python hello.py)i get this
> > error
> > message:
> >
> > >>> python hello.py
> > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> > >>>
	...
> 
> You've got a syntax error in the file, probably extra spaces

No, look closely -- he's typing "python hello.py" in the Python
interpreter itself.

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