Syntax problem - cannot solve it by myself

[Deadly Dirk]

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:44:18 +0000, Deadly Dirk wrote:

> I am a total beginner with Python. I am reading a book ("The Quick
> Python Book", 2nd edition, by Vernon Ceder) which tells me that print
> function takes end="" argument not to print newline character. I tried
> and here is what happens:
> 
>>>> print(x)
> abc
>>>> print(x,end="")
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     print(x,end="")
>                ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>> 
>>>> 
> What does the error message mean? I am using Python 2.6.5 on Ubuntu
> 9.10.


I figured it out. What I need is the following:

"from __future__ import print_function" at the top of my script.



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