Python - Getting Started

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I am just getting started with Python and wrote a simple perimeter program. However whenever I type python perimeter.py in my terminal I get the following error I don't know how to solve it.

>>> python perimeter.py
File "<stdin>", line 1
python perimeter.py
               ^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

What is that problem? How do I fix it?

Thanks.

Taymon · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-20 04:22:45Z

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You type python perimeter.py in your command shell to start the Python interpreter. You don't type it in the Python interpreter.

If you really need to run the script from within the Python interpreter, do execfile('perimeter.py').

answered Apr 20, 2012 at 4:22

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icktoofay Over a year ago

@tekknolagi: If you remove the .py, that may work the first time, but not any subsequent times.

tekknolagi Over a year ago

Ah, whoops. import perimeter

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