Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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; "subject:' ": 0.07; 'subject:Error': 0.07; 'subject:Getting': 0.07; 'arguments': 0.09; 'convention,': 0.09; 'subject:Started': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'thread': 0.14; 'windows': 0.15; '1:48': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'separated': 0.16; 'subject:Text': 0.16; 'symbols': 0.16; 'syntactic': 0.16; 'followed': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; "python's": 0.19; 'command': 0.22; 'otherwise,': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'recognize': 0.24; 'subject:Code': 0.24; 'guys': 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; '15,': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'related': 0.29; 'dec': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'getting': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'figure': 0.32; "we're": 0.32; 'not.': 0.33; 'subject:from': 0.34; 'basic': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'thanks': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'easily': 0.37; 'problems': 0.38; 'structure': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'commands': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'new': 0.61; 'telling': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'line,': 0.68; 'prompt': 0.68; 'yours': 0.88; 'to:none': 0.92 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uxmT3/rqj3r8+H5sCpW58DMd1cMnr+BL8qIo9n6Tr6I=; b=FgTaJQSE6grl/Z7R/k8HwgIlg1Kg7uODEbm9Q/m8g3VpRIseVO7RvIBs5bROqutOkr nqA6L0eMdimW+ITslwzUSpU2airKJAAUTYLTZpCwtb2cDpKb/nrtqa5rifH8nmAYCdTo nSACVwF1EGUgZUPVD+xyBoP8q6ifc1DkegjFotjqssYdTd1kbDyD+CUySmjqXlXo6xAO BTL1qc2/2QVuuxkMZa/lx2bHSZkIaytGeP2DgQxNzO2BuaGkJBc6WA79jPoRcuSsL7AB lRiCrgLJS7PyT/5PqYfsVTiTjkpDD4uhLPh0ZtbhPrUA5ry3uef4E73XgPI2FVuPnnVm jKRQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.82.97 with SMTP id h1mr14615829igy.14.1418586074283; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:41:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4a9fc357-d743-471b-87e1-ef3573221816@googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 06:41:14 +1100 Subject: Re: Text Code(from 'Getting Started in Beautiful Soup' re: cd Soup , returns 'Syntax Error, invalid syntax' From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: 1418586083 news.xs4all.nl 2877 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34496 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:82524 On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Simon Evans w= rote: > Thanks Guys > This book keeps swapping from the Python console to the Windows - without= telling you, but it is the only book out there on 'Beautiful Soup' so I ha= ve got to put up with it. There's more problems with it, but I will start a= new thread in regard of, I don't know if its related to the above or not. > Yours You may be able to recognize the consoles by their prompts. Python's console is probably marked with ">>>" or "ipy>" or something, and the Windows prompt most likely would have a path followed by ">" (eg "C:\>"). If the book's followed this convention, then you should be able to figure things out easily enough once you get used to it. Otherwise, look at the syntactic style: Windows command line, like most command shells, uses a basic structure of command and arguments separated by spaces, while Python uses a lot more symbols and structural layout characters. But now we're getting into heuristics, and there are some commands that work equally in Python and in Windows (and do different things). ChrisA