Python Interactive Interpreter always returns "Invalid syntax" on Windows
- by user559217
I've encountered an extremely confusing problem. Whatever I type into the Python interpreter returns "Invalid Syntax". See examples below. I've tried fooling around with the code page of the prompt I run the interpreter from, but it doesn't seem to help at all.
Furthermore, I haven't been able to find this particular, weird bug elsewhere online.
Any assistance anyone could provide would be lovely. I've already tried reinstalling Python, but I didn't have any luck - the problem is also there in both 3.13 and 2.7.
Running:
Python version 3.1.3,
Windows XP SP3.
Getting:
C:\Program Files\Python31>.\python
Python 3.1.3 (r313:86834, Nov 27 2010, 18:30:53) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on
win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 2+2
File "<stdin>", line 1
2+2
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> x = "Oh, fiddlesticks."
File "<stdin>", line 1
x = "Oh, fiddlesticks."
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
