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All I wrote in the interpreter was as follows:

>>> print "Hello, World!"
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    print "Hello, World!"
                        ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

How did I even get an error? All I tried to do was run a print command.

Flimm
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Switchkick
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    I've edited out your second question. If you still want the answer to that question, go ahead and ask it in a separate question post. – Flimm Jan 21 '13 at 22:12
  • This is a basic programming in Python syntax question. It probably isn't appropriate for AskUbuntu. – Ken Kinder Jan 21 '13 at 23:19

4 Answers4

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In Python3 print is a function:

print("Hello, World!")

Check: http://docs.python.org/release/3.0.1/whatsnew/3.0.html

João Pinto
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One of the major changes in Python 3 is that print has become a function. Try using: 

print('Hello World')

That should work.

Seth
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Python 3 has changed print from being a statement to being a function. This is how you print "hello world" in Python 3:

print("Hello world")

I recommend taking a look at What's new in Python 3, this issue is the first one mentioned on the list.

I also recommend asking any programming questions on StackOverflow, in my experience, they are welcoming to beginners.

Flimm
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Some of the other answers have already covered this, but you should do print("Hello World") instead. The reason why it's been changed in python 3 is to allow keyword arguments such as end (to change the default newline end`) among others.

Example:

print("Hello World", end="") # will print an empty character at the end, not a newline
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