[Tutor] Learning Python

[Lloyd Kvam]

The % is probably a Unix or Linux prompt character.  Under Windows/Dos the prompt usually is >

You should be typing:
	python spam.py -i eggs -o bacon

Be sure you are doing this from the correct directory.

Breaking this down a bit:
	python		starts the pythoin interpreter
	spam.py		python program you want to run
	-i eggs		parameter to the program (maybe input??)
	-o bacon	parameter to the program (maybe output??)

Griesbaum@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I'm a complete newbie to programming and have heard from Leo Laporte on Tech
> TV that python is good for people just starting out. Early on in the book I'm
> having some problems. When I type this line in the book under the heading
> (Running Module Files) % python spam.py -i eggs -o bacon I get SyntaxError:
> invalid syntax. Am I reading this correctly in the book? Is the symbol before
> the python a percentage mark? This seems to be an ongoing problem in the book
> whenever I type something exactly the way it is in the book I get some type
> of error message. Is there a better python book to start out with for
> complete beginners? Is there a better book for complete beginners?
> 
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