Why am I getting a syntax error on the last line?

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I copied this straight from my textbook, but it doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Python

def main() :

		infile = open('progbday.txt', 'r')

		file_contents = infile.read()

		infile.close()

		print(file_contents)

main()

What I have tried:

I tried moving the indent around but idk. I'm completely clueless

Posted 10-Jun-17 7:40am

Updated 10-Jun-17 21:16pm

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Patrice T 10-Jun-17 14:40pm

Give exact error message.

Richard MacCutchan 10-Jun-17 15:23pm

Works fine for me.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2017-06-10T21:15:00

Posted 10-Jun-17 21:15pm