[Tutor] Syntax error

[John Jenkinson]

Mark,

The error poped up in a message box, I was unable to (cut and paste), or I
would have done so.


On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Mark Tolonen
<metolone+gmane at gmail.com<metolone%2Bgmane at gmail.com>
> wrote:

>  It is helpful to know the exact error message (cut and paste) and the
> version of Python you are using.  In Python 3.x the print statement would
> produce a syntax error.  In any Python "raw input" is a syntax
> error.  "raw_input" is the correct function name, unless you are using 3.x
> where it was renamed to "input".
>
> In Python 2.x:
>
>     print "Game Over"
>     raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>
> In Python 3.x:
>
>    print("Game Over")
>     input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>
> -Mark
>
> "John Jenkinson" <johnjenkinson1 at gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:58fd32380903222035k591f65b1x13f4e3b8b70b21ab at mail.gmail.com...
>   I am trying to write a program that displays the string expression "Game
> Over", in a console window that remains open.
>
> my code is as follows:
>
> # Game Over console window
>
> print "Game Over"
> raw input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>
>
>
>
> The error I am recieve is "There is an error in your program: invalid
> syntax".
>
> I dont understand what is supposed to happen if the code were to be
> correct.  Would a separate console be displayed with the text "Game Over",
> or would I see the output in the Interactive Mode window?
>
> Excuses my noviceness,  I just started using python tonight.
>
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