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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:25:11 -0700
From: Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu>
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On 03/24/2015 11:13 AM, gdotoli@gmail.com wrote:
> I am creating a tool to search a filesystem for one simple string.
> I cannot get the syntax correct.
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> import sys
> import re
> import os
> path='/'
> viewfiles=os.listdir(path)
> for allfiles in viewfiles:
>      file= os.path.join(path, allfiles)
> text=open(file, "r")
> for line in text:
>      if re.match("DECRYPT_I", line):
>          print line,
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> This should search every file for the simple regex "DECRYPT_I"
> This is from the root down.
>
> The error is:
>
> SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
>
> Please help.
> Gregg Dotoli

You appear to be using Python3, but have written code for Python2.

There are a number of differences between the two, but your particular 
error runs into the different syntax for prints.

Python2: print line # This is a statement
Python3  print(line)  # This is a procedure call



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Dr. Gary Herron
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DigiPen Institute of Technology
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