[Tutor] Can't find error :-(

[Peter Otten]

Lisi wrote:

> Here is the error message:
> /usr/local/bin/AddressBook: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> /usr/local/bin/AddressBook: line 6: `name = raw_input("Type the Name -
> leave blank to finish")'
> 
> (sorry KMail wrapped it.)
> 
> Here is what I typed:
> name = raw_input("Type the Name - leave blank to finish")
> 
> Here is what I was copying:
> name = raw_input("Type the Name - leave blank to finish")
> 
> Help!!   All three are copied and pasted from their relevant places to
> eliminate mis-copying at this stage.  What have I miscopied??  The
> original and my copy look to me *exactly* the same.

That's an error message by your shell. You made your script executable, but 
forgot to add something like

#!/usr/bin/env python

as its first line.

NB. it's quite common that an error originates before the place where the 
interpreter complains; it would have been a good idea to post the five lines 
before the explicitly erroneous one, too.