On 20 February 2016 at 17:25, Erol Gericke <woodw...@cybersmart.co.za> wrote: > I want learn Python programming. Many years ago I taught myself BASIC so I > have some programming experience. > > I have installed Python 2.7.11 and Notepad ++ on my Win 7 computer. I have > also edited the PATH variable to include C:\Python27. > > However I am unable to run any scripts. > > When I type (into the COMMAND PROMPT window) python test.py or > python C:\python27\test.py I get SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Until I solve this problem learning programming makes no sense. > > Can you please help me, I would appreciate your help. > > Thank you in advance, > Erol Gericke. > Somerse West. South Africa. > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Please paste the full error message, and your complete source code. Also, make sure you are running the commands in the regular command prompt window, and not in a Python-specific one. Also, your scripts should not live in C:\Python27, because they might conflict with other things. -- Chris Warrick <https://chriswarrick.com/> PGP: 5EAAEA16 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
