IDLE: Error when running script

[Robin Munn]

jaime suarez <jaime.suarez at crossmatch.net> wrote:
> I get the following error message when running a script (please
> see below) in IDLE.  The same script runs fine under PythonWin.
> 
> Error message appearing in the *Python Shell*:
> 
> IDLE 0.8 -- press F1 for help
>>>> 
>   File "C:\Python21\MyProjects\PythonWin\pywindemo.py", line 14
>     main()
>          ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Script as it appears in the editor:
> 
> (1) def hello(msg):
> (2)    print "Hello, " + msg
> (3)
> (4)def main():
> (5)    import sys
> (6)    print "Script name is", sys.argv[0]
> (7)    if len(sys.argv)>=2:
> (8)        hello(sys.argv[1])
> (9)    else:
> (10)       hello("Please say something next time")
> (11)
> (12)
> (13)if __name__=='__main__':
> (14)    main()
> 
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Jaime

Is there a final newline at the end of your source file? I don't think
it should make a difference, but it might. Try adding a blank line after
line 14 and see if it makes a difference.

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