Why is it different from the example on the tutorial?

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2014-07-06 05:13 -0700
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Subject	Why is it different from the example on the tutorial?
From	rxjwg98@gmail.com

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Hi,

I type the following sample codes on Python, but it echoes differently.

Regular expressions are compiled into pattern objects, which have methods for
various operations such as searching for pattern matches or performing string
substitutions.

>>>
>>> import re
>>> p = re.compile('ab*')
>>> p  
<_sre.SRE_Pattern object at 0x...>


What I get on Python console:

$ python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Oct  2 2013, 22:34:09)
[GCC 4.8.1] on cygwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import re
>>> p = re.compile('ab*')
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    p = re.compile('ab*')
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>


Thanks,

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Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 05:13 -0700
  Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-06 07:54 -0500
    Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 06:38 -0700
      Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 07:18 -0700
        Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 10:34 -0400
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 00:45 +1000
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-06 15:47 +0100
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 08:53 -0700
            Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 12:01 -0400
        Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 08:03 -0700
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-07-06 17:46 +0200
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 09:02 -0700
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-06 19:29 +0100
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-06 13:32 -0700
            Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 13:42 -0700
      Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-06 15:25 +0100
  Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 09:01 -0700

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