error of opening Python

Botao Liu

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Feb 25, 2021, 1:36:51 PM2/25/21

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Dear Python team,

This is my first time using Python, I tried to launch Python and it showed
"Python 3.9.2 (tags/v3.9.2:1a79785, Feb 19 2021, 13:44:55) [MSC v.1928 64
bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information." I
don't know what this meant and how to fix this. Could you please help me?
Thank you very much.

Kind regards,

Botao Liu

Michael F. Stemper

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Feb 25, 2021, 4:01:26 PM2/25/21

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On 25/02/2021 11.22, Botao Liu wrote:
> Dear Python team,
>
> This is my first time using Python, I tried to launch Python and it showed
> "Python 3.9.2 (tags/v3.9.2:1a79785, Feb 19 2021, 13:44:55) [MSC v.1928 64
> bit (AMD64)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information." I
> don't know what this meant and how to fix this. Could you please help me?

There isn't anything to fix. It's working just fine.

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more like prunes than rhubarb does.

Christian Gollwitzer

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Feb 25, 2021, 5:55:00 PM2/25/21

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Am 25.02.21 um 18:22 schrieb Botao Liu:

This is as it should be. What have you expected, that you think this is
wrong?

Maybe you are looking for an IDE like IDLE (should be installed along
with Python on Windows), or something very different?

Christian

Alan Gauld

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Feb 25, 2021, 9:19:34 PM2/25/21

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On 25/02/2021 17:22, Botao Liu wrote:

> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information."

Follow the instructions and type "help" at the >>> prompt.
Then follow the instructions which it displays.

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Mladen Gogala

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Feb 26, 2021, 12:55:35 AM2/26/21

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Try with this first: https://python.swaroopch.com/
It gives you the details of what that means and what to do next. Also,
your Python interpreter is broken it says:

It should say something like this:

Python 3.9.2 (tags/v3.9.2:1a79785, Feb 19 2021, 13:44:55) [MSC
> v.1928 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or
> "license"

-- [mgogala@umajor ~]$ python3
Python 3.9.1 (default, Jan 20 2021, 00:00:00)
[GCC 10.2.1 20201125 (Red Hat 10.2.1-9)] on linux

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

The problem string is "win32". You should be able to open a terminal
Window and execute "uname -r".

Mladen Gogala
Database Consultant
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Terry Reedy

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Feb 26, 2021, 8:36:26 AM2/26/21

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On 2/26/2021 12:55 AM, Mladen Gogala via Python-list wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:22:35 +0000, Botao Liu wrote:
>
>> Dear Python team,
>>
>> This is my first time using Python, I tried to launch Python and it
>> showed "Python 3.9.2 (tags/v3.9.2:1a79785, Feb 19 2021, 13:44:55) [MSC
>> v.1928 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or
>> "license" for more information." I don't know what this meant and how to
>> fix this. Could you please help me? Thank you very much.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Botao Liu
>
> Try with this first: https://python.swaroopch.com/
> It gives you the details of what that means and what to do next. Also,
> your Python interpreter is broken

No.

it says:
>
>
> It should say something like this:
> Python 3.9.2 (tags/v3.9.2:1a79785, Feb 19 2021, 13:44:55) [MSC
>> v.1928 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or
>> "license"

That is exactly what it does say, which is correct.

> -- [mgogala@umajor ~]$ python3
> Python 3.9.1 (default, Jan 20 2021, 00:00:00)
> [GCC 10.2.1 20201125 (Red Hat 10.2.1-9)] on linux
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>>
>
> The problem string is "win32".

No. 'win32' is a historical artifact.

You should be able to open a terminal
> Window and execute "uname -r".

Not on Windows. Please don't spew misleading garbage that will only
confuse the new user on a different operating system.

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Mladen Gogala

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Feb 26, 2021, 6:44:07 PM2/26/21

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On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 02:23:51 -0500, Terry Reedy wrote:

> Not on Windows. Please don't spew misleading garbage that will only
> confuse the new user on a different operating system.
>

You are right, I apologize. I sort of like poking fun at the Winduhs
users but this is not the right place.

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Andrew Hernandez

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Apr 14, 2022, 4:47:28 PM4/14/22

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that is not an error, its simply the python console intrepeter

ARRYAN SINHA (RA1811029010036)

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May 2, 2022, 2:01:46 PM5/2/22

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On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 2:17:28 AM UTC+5:30, Andrew Hernandez wrote:
> that is not an error, its simply the python console intrepeter

how do I open this file