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Off topic. Is there a specific reason why you embrace print statements with parentheses? e.g. print('somethinh')

Off topic. Is there a specific reason why you embrace print statements with parentheses? e.g. print('somethinh')

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William Li
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William Li
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In, Python 3, you have to do that print('somethinh'), if you try to use print like you'd in Python2 print 'something', it'll be a syntax error.

That is because in Python 3, print was changed into a built-in function of the language, and since using print is a a function call, you need parentheses.