invalid syntax printing string from file

[DanTheL]

running 2.7.5
on Mac
from the command prompt --
>>> Print "foo"
foo

works fine.

from script file
--
#! /usr/bin/env python
#encoding:latin-1
print “foo”
--

get following error:
dans-air:~ dan$ python ./Documents/Python/Samples/foo.py
File "./Documents/Python/Samples/foo.py", line 3
print ?foo?
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


since this is 2.x Print "foo" should work but tried Print ("foo") get same error on quote mark.


file is saved as latin-1 encoding added encoding lines #.

can print integer from this file, print 6 results in 6 when file runs.


thanks,
Banging my head against the wall

[dwblas]

Python only recognizes single or double quote marks, ord 34 or 39, for strings. Note the difference in the quote marks between
>>> P(p)rint "foo"
and
print “foo”

""" #! /usr/bin/env python
 #encoding:latin-1
"""
s='“foo”'
print ord(s[0])
print ord(s[-1])
print ord('"')
print ord("'")

[DanTheL]

used both single quote and double quote (not both at same time) both result in same error:

case 1:
#! /usr/bin/env python
#encoding:latin-1
print ‘foo’

dans-air:~ dan$ python ./Documents/Python/Samples/foo.py
File "./Documents/Python/Samples/foo.py", line 3
print ?foo?
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


case 2:
#! /usr/bin/env python
#encoding:latin-1
print “foo”

dans-air:~ dan$ python ./Documents/Python/Samples/foo.py
File "./Documents/Python/Samples/foo.py", line 3
print ?foo?
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

the quote kicks out the ? syntax error. as if the character is not recognized. I am encoding so not sure what is missing.

thanks

[bvdet]

See if this makes any difference:

# coding=latin-1

OR

# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-

[DanTheL]

bcdet,
tried both still kicks out same error:

File "./Documents/Python/Samples/foo.py", line 3
print ?foo?
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


not recognizing the "

thanks