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9.3

Python: Why parentheses Print( "Hello World" ) ?

Asked by deleyd in Python Scripting Language

Brand new to Python. I just downloaded and installed Python 3.1 from www.python.org . I can run python.exe at a command prompt and get:

Python 3.1 (r31:73574, Jun 26 2009, 20:21:35) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
>>>

I try the simple Hello World it doesn't like it:
>>> print "Hello World"
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    print "Hello World"
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
(the caret is pointing to the closing " )
>>>

I discovered I can make it work if I add parentheses:
>>> print( "Hello World" )
Hello World
>>>

So that's my question. Why do I have to add parentheses when none of the test programs I find have them? Have I screwed up the installation somehow? (I got the ShowParams.py program to work by adding parentheses.)
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#!/usr/bin/python
# Filename: using_sys.py
import sys
print( 'The command line arguments are:' )
for i in sys.argv:
        print( i )
print( '\n\nThe PYTHONPATH is', sys.path, '\n' )
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