python -c strangeness

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello All,

Can you explain why:
[09:06] - adp86: python -c 'import sys; print 1'
1
[09:10] - adp86: python -c 'for i in range(3): print i'
0
1
2
[09:10] - adp86: python -c 'import sys; for i in range(3): print i'
File "<string>", line 1
import sys; for i in range(3): print i
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


Thanks.
Miki

 

[Brian Gough]

[09:10] - adp86: python -c 'import sys; for i in range(3): print i'
File "<string>", line 1
import sys; for i in range(3): print i
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Simple statements can be separated with a semicolon, but a compound
statement (e.g "for") must begin on a new line. See the language
reference manual for the full grammar of Python.