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SyntaxError when trying to execute code on Windows - Fred0n - Apr-25-2020
I'm a brand new baby when it comes to programming. just want to run simple hello world doc from a different directory in Windows native Dos
Error:SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character
>>> Users\fredt\OneDrive\Documents\ hello.py
File "<stdin>", line 1
Users\fredt\OneDrive\Documents\hello.pyits simple I know I'm starting to feel like if I were to catch fire I'd burn really slowly..PLZ HELP
RE: Basic Basic Basic - ndc85430 - Apr-25-2020
It looks like you're trying to run that from inside the Python shell. That's wrong. At the Windows prompt, you should be running
python <path to script>.
RE: Basic Basic Basic - buran - Apr-25-2020
have a look at https://python-forum.io/Thread-How-to-Execute-python-code