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Python

Posted by Erin Leathers
Erin Leathers
3,562 Points

Simple Question

Hi, am I not clearing out the shell correctly I am getting :

python hello.py SyntaxError: invalid syntax

from just trying to run the first simple program.

Also if I just type python I get : Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#10>", line 1, in <module> python NameError: name 'python' is not defined

Thanks in advance

2 Answers

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

You can type exit() to get out, then run python hello.py.

michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points
michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points

clear will clear out the workspace. =)