python is complaining about a double quote

Question

I downloaded Python for windows 64bit and it doesn't run the most basic commands. I've stripped my program down to one line, which python is complaining about.I suspect it must be with whatever I downloaded but don't know how to proceed. Advice?

print "Let's play Battleship!"

Results in:

  File "b.py", line 2
    print "Let's play Battleship!"
                                 ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

in python 3, print is a function. you need paranthesis. – Lafexlos Mar 05 '15 at 23:18 — Lafexlos, Mar 05 '15 at 23:18

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '15 at 23:18

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The print statement changed in 3.x. Try:

print("let's play battleship!")

answered Mar 05 '15 at 23:18

tdelaney

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Incidentally, this format of the call is also valid in 2.7 – hd1 Mar 05 '15 at 23:19
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@hd1 - only kinda. It breaks down with multiple arguments where python 2 will print it out as a tuple: `print("hello","there")` --> `('hello', 'there')`. – tdelaney Mar 05 '15 at 23:25

python is complaining about a double quote

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