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Andrew Padilla
Courses Plus Student 207 PointsI tried running the print ("Hello, Andrew") on a clean console but kept getting the error bash:syntax error near token
"unexpected token, '"Hello, Andrew"'. Why is it placing a single quotation before my standard quote?
2 Answers
jb30
44,806 PointsThe console in the Workspace is a bash console rather than a python console. To get to the interactive python console, type python or python3 in the console in the Workspace. If instead you want to run the file hello.py from the bash console, type python hello.py in the console.
shaylee pavlis
Python Development Techdegree Student 197 PointsThe file needs to be saved first did you do that?
Andrew Padilla
Courses Plus Student 207 PointsSaving helped.
Andrew Padilla
Courses Plus Student 207 PointsAndrew Padilla
Courses Plus Student 207 PointsOkay, so basically when I want to see if I am in a bash console I can try running a new code? I am curious how do I know each time I am in a "bash". This is very helpful, thank you.
jb30
44,806 Pointsjb30
44,806 PointsIn the workspaces, if the command prompt is something like
treehouse:~workspace$(withworkspacebeing the name of the folder), then you are in the bash console. The command prompt for the python console is>>>.