What is wrong with this Python code?

Question

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this? I'm getting a syntax error after the 2nd quote on the print line... It seems like this should work perfectly fine. Thanks

def main():
 print "blah"
 return
main()

• Anthony Forloney: Works fine for me, I am using Python 2.6.4
• detly: Tell us what the syntax error is.
• Jeff Mercado: Syntax error on print? Are you using Python 3? print is a function, not a statement. Should be print("blah").
• DigitalZebra: ahhh yeah, I'm using Python 3...
• Jeff Mercado: I guess I should have went for the answer instead of the comment.

Answer 1

In case you're using Python 3, the print statement is gone in that version and you need to use the print() function.

See: http://docs.python.org/release/3.0.1/whatsnew/3.0.html#print-is-a-function

Answer 2

You're using python 3.

use

print("blah")

The print statement turned into the print function in the transition.

Answer 3

Remember if your using python 2.x then to help with the transition you can always have

from __future__ import print_function

At the top of your code, this will convert print into a function meaning 2.x code can be written with

print('This')

And run happily

Answer 4

Posting the exact error you get would be very helpful. I'm going to assume that this is an indentation error though. Don't mix tabs and spaces.