Question

i am doing lesson 5 with all the right python stuff downloaded on windows 8 but when i try to open ps5.py it pops up says invalid syntax and then closes

Answer 1

whats the program?

Answer 2

there is 4 courses on this MIT opencourseware. 1 on EDX and 3 archived. Which year are you on?

Answer 3

im not in MIT or in College for that matter, i was just wondering what programing software you were using?

Answer 4

Do you have Python v2.xx on your machine? Most of the Python courses don't use Python v3.

Answer 5

i do have python 2.5.4 here is the link to the course i am using http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/index.htm and here is the link to the assignments page for the course i am using http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/assignments/

Answer 6

The only idea that I have is wondering if you're double-clicking on the file instead of doing File>Open with your editor?

Answer 7

I tried doing file>open and it is still not working

Answer 8

I checked the copy I have on my Mac. I'd be surprised if this is it, but I don't have any idea why an editor can't open this file, I checked and the file only has linefeeds, not the carriage return/linefeed combo that Windows wants.