[Pythonmac-SIG] Whats the invalid syntax about

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    >> please suggest what could have gone wrong here why am i getting a
    >> syntax error

It's a quirk of the interactive interpreter.  To terminate a loop you need a
blank input line:

    >>> some_list = [3,6,2,5]
    >>> i = 1
    >>> while i < 3:
    ...   print some_list[i], ";"
    ...   i = i + 1
    ... 
    6 ;
    2 ;
    >>> print some_list[3]
    5

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