https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11604658#M5671 <P>You need parentheses around the string to be printed.&nbsp; Like this:</P><LI-CODE lang="python">print("hi")</LI-CODE><P>The video may be using an older version of Python.&nbsp; Maya 2020 and earlier versions used Python 2.&nbsp; In Python 2, "print" was a statement instead of a function.&nbsp; So you could use it without parentheses.&nbsp; But in Python 3, "print" is a function.&nbsp; And functions require parentheses.</P> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:25:08 GMT RFlannery1 2022-12-07T18:25:08Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11604575#M5669 <P>Hello,&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>learning to write code and started with video 1 day one on you tube and can't get a simple scrip to run correct withourt "syntax error". Thoughts...?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="kazinsks_0-1670435007578.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1149615iB1739C6DC19AF0F0/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="kazinsks_0-1670435007578.png" alt="kazinsks_0-1670435007578.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:43:42 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11604575#M5669 kazinsks 2022-12-07T17:43:42Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11604599#M5670 <P>update scripting works in MEL but not python. However, the video for learning is for python... confusing...</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:52:23 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11604599#M5670 kazinsks 2022-12-07T17:52:23Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11604658#M5671 <P>You need parentheses around the string to be printed.&nbsp; Like this:</P><LI-CODE lang="python">print("hi")</LI-CODE><P>The video may be using an older version of Python.&nbsp; Maya 2020 and earlier versions used Python 2.&nbsp; In Python 2, "print" was a statement instead of a function.&nbsp; So you could use it without parentheses.&nbsp; But in Python 3, "print" is a function.&nbsp; And functions require parentheses.</P> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:25:08 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11604658#M5671 RFlannery1 2022-12-07T18:25:08Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11611751#M5672 <P>beautiful! Thanks</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 11 Dec 2022 02:49:24 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/larning-to-write-code-in-with-python/m-p/11611751#M5672 kazinsks 2022-12-11T02:49:24Z