I’m guessing that you are getting a syntax error related to the print statement if you are using the wrong version of Python. Make sure you are using Python 2.x, otherwise upgrade your code to be compatible with Python 3.x.
python --version
should tell you which version you are using
Python 3.x version of your code. Notice the round brackets used with the print statement.
coord = {'latitude' : '37.24N' , 'longitude' : '-115.81'}
print('coordinates: {latitude}, {longitude}'.format(**coord))