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[Camilo Andres Roca Duarte]

Hello
My name is Camilo Roca, I'm a student and recently installed the 2.7.2 Python version. The problem is that anytime I try to run a script from the Python Shell it returns an error message. I am new using python so I am not sure what to do since what I'm typing in the shell isin a BegginersTutorial.

$ python myfunctions.py
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

This was taken from http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ch05.html in the 5.8 Numeral "Unit testing with doctest".

The only way I can run a script is opening it on a separate window and clicking in Run Module.

I would apreciate any help you could give me

Thanks

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Camilo Andrés Roca Duarte
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[Steven D'Aprano]

Hello
My name is Camilo Roca, I'm a student and recently installed the 2.7.2
Python version. The problem is that anytime I try to run a script from the
Python Shell it returns an error message. I am new using python so I am
not sure what to do since what I'm typing in the shell is in a
BegginersTutorial.

$ python myfunctions.py
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I would be very surprised if that is the real error message you get. I would
expect something like this:

[steve@sylar ~]$ python test.py
File "test.py", line 1
def func:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Note that the error shows the line that is bad, and puts an up-arrow ^
directly under where it goes bad.

Please COPY and PASTE the FULL error. Do not re-type it from memory,
summarise it, put it in your own words, or otherwise change it in any way.