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Python

Posted by John Blackburn
John Blackburn
1,553 Points

SyntaxError: invalide syntax | File "<stdin>", line 1

I have created a python-file named "hello_test.py". Can somebody explain (a) what went wrong and (b) how to solve the problem?

print("hello")

treehouse:~/workspace$ python                                       
Python 3.9.0 (default, Oct 30 2021, 01:41:09)                       
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux                                       
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more informatio
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>>> python hello_test.py                                            
  File "<stdin>", line 1                                            
    python hello_test.py                                            
           ^                                                        
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

1 Answer

Brandon White
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Brandon White
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 34,662 Points

Hi John,

I believe the issue is that you entered the Python REPL, then tried to run your command.

Instead of keying in python at the terminal and then pressing enter, which opens the REPL; try keying in python hello_test.py from the outset.

John Blackburn
John Blackburn
1,553 Points

Thank you Brandon for the answer. Correct solution was to quit/ exit REPL and then keying "python app.py".