[Tutor] Interactive only syntaxerror?

[orbitz]

you have to hit enter again to let the interactive interpreter know you 
are done with that scope, that is why there are ...
You want >>>

bob at nc.rr.com wrote:

>Given the following file - test.py:
>----------------------------------
>if 1:
>  print "True"
>print "Done"
>----------------------------------
>Invoking python at the command prompt works, as expected:
>----------------------------------
>C:\Python>python test.py
>True
>Done
>
>C:\Python>python <test.py
>True
>Done
>----------------------------------
>Why does this fail with a SyntaxError?
>----------------------------------
>C:\Python>python
>Python 2.3.4 (#53, May 25 2004, 21:17:02) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
>Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  
>
>>>>if 1:
>>>>        
>>>>
>...   print "True"
>... print "Done"
>  File "<stdin>", line 3
>    print "Done"
>        ^
>SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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>
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>Thanks
>Bob
>
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