[Tutor] Python programming book material

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Sat Jul 5 00:07:29 CEST 2014


On 04/07/14 19:35, Sunil Shenoy wrote:

> I did get Python installed etc. and tried some code fragments and right
> away run into a syntax error in the following line:
> print ("June", end=" ")

Looks like your book is for Python v3 but you have installed Python v2.

You need to get v3.

If you are using a Windows PC I recommend the ActiveState.com
version over the official p[ython.org one.

> Thanks for addressing my stupid beginner questions

Its not stupid and catches a lot of people out.
There were big changes between V2 and V3.


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