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Python Python Basics Meet Python Syntax and Errors

Dejan Delev
Dejan Delev
461 Points
Posted by Dejan Delev
Dejan Delev
461 Points

different error message

in the video it shows NameError, however what I get is

File "<stdin>", line 1
python hello.py
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Am I doing something wrong or is it normal?

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

if you type just hello.py into the first one you should see a name error. If you type python hello.py into the second one you'll run the script

>>> hello.py                                                                             
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                       
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>                                                    
NameError: name 'hello' is not defined                                                   
>>>                                                                                      
treehouse:~/workspace$ python hello.py                                                   
Hello, World
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Are you entering the command in the python interpreter? Do you see this:

>>>

or this:

treehouse:~/workspace$

?