[Tutor] Noobish Syntay Error?

[Dave Angel]

Anna - Sophie Maeser wrote:
> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">Hi!
> I want to ask you a quick question.. when I type in print '' hello 
> world'' and then press enter, it says there is a syntax error... I 
> really don't know what im doing wrong. I downloaded python 3.1 and am 
> using IDLE with it.. im using mac.
> Please help me findt he problem because its a very simple thing and I 
> dont know what I am doing wrong..
>
> -Anna
>
> </div>
>
Two syntax errors that I can see.

1) in python 3.1, print is a function, not a statement.  So you need 
parentheses around its argument.
2) You appear to be using two single quotes at each end of  your hello 
world string,     You want to either use a single-quote at each end, or 
a double-quote at each end.   This may just because you mistakenly used 
html to compose your email, instead of the preferred text mode.

Try:

print ("hello world")

If your tutorial material is describing Python 2.x, you may not want to 
be learning on Python 3.1, because there are a few of these gotchas.  It 
is possible to install both 2.6 and 3.1, and choose which one you use 
based on what you're working on.

DaveA