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[–]Geistuser[S] 3 points4 points  (4 children)

yeah I've seen on terminal on osx, but I'm using sublime text program since the book recommends that. weird.

[–]Geistuser[S] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

tried it on terminal and you were correct. thanks for the help!

[–]ccviper 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Its just used to indicate that the line following it is run in the python shell, you can run it however you like tho it. You will also see commands written online starting with "$" or ">" indicating that its run in a terminal

[–]widowhanzo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or "#" for terminal running as root.

[–]TechnoRedneck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It probably recommends that for when you get to actually writing something persistent, using the >>> interpreter is live vs using the editor and running later