Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'syntax': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'command': 0.22; 'example': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'url:python': 0.33; 'running': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'error.': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'first': 0.61; 'our': 0.64; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'feeling': 0.68; 'pdf.': 0.84; 'received:2': 0.84; 'url:imgur': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:31:35 +0100 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-197-203.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1407018707 news.xs4all.nl 2855 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46758 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:75555 On 02/08/2014 23:13, Seymore4Head wrote: > https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=ww&gws_rd=ssl#hl=en&q=python+programing+for+the+absolute+beginner > > There is a book listed as a PDF. > > When I try the first example of print "Game Over" I get a syntax > error. > > I have tried running the command line and the GUI. I get the feeling > there is something else I need to run. > > http://imgur.com/RH3yczP > If the book is for Python 2 and you have 3.3 it should be print("Game Over") -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence