[Tutor] help
Hi Team,
I am learning puthon and trying the following code.
But getting the following error.
Please help me in knowing the code in better way.
OS Linux
Python version 2.7.13
def demo(s, exclaim):
#"""
# Returns the string 's' repeated 3 times.
# If exclaim is true, add exclamation marks.
result = s + s + s
if exclaim:
result = result + '!!!'
return result
def main():
print demo('Yay', False) ## YayYayYay
print demo('Woo Hoo', True) ## Woo HooWoo HooWoo Hoo!!!
Error:
./python2.py: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./python2.py: line 1: `def demo(s,exclaim):
Regards
Sonia
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Re: [Tutor] help
On 05/02/2019 12:32, Sonia Miglani wrote:
> OS Linux
> Python version 2.7.13
Can you tell us how you are creating the file?
Which editor are you using? It looks like there may be
some spurious characters in your file.
> def demo(s, exclaim):
> #"""
> # Returns the string 's' repeated 3 times.
> # If exclaim is true, add exclamation marks.
>
>
> result = s + s + s
> if exclaim:
> result = result + '!!!'
> return result
>
>
> def main():
> print demo('Yay', False) ## YayYayYay
> print demo('Woo Hoo', True) ## Woo HooWoo HooWoo Hoo!!!
It all works perfectly for me.
> Error:
> ./python2.py: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> ./python2.py: line 1: `def demo(s,exclaim):
Notice the odd backtick (`) characters?
They aren't in your code above, did you retype it or
actually copy/paste your real code? It is important that
you post the actual code you get the error from.
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Re: [Tutor] help
Sonia Miglani wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> I am learning puthon and trying the following code.
>
> But getting the following error.
>
> Please help me in knowing the code in better way.
>
>
> OS Linux
> Python version 2.7.13
>
>
>
> def demo(s, exclaim):
> #"""
> # Returns the string 's' repeated 3 times.
> # If exclaim is true, add exclamation marks.
>
>
> result = s + s + s
> if exclaim:
> result = result + '!!!'
> return result
>
>
> def main():
> print demo('Yay', False) ## YayYayYay
> print demo('Woo Hoo', True) ## Woo HooWoo HooWoo Hoo!!!
>
>
> Error:
> ./python2.py: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
That is not a Python error, that's a complaint of your shell.
If you make a Python script executable you also have to insert the proper
hash-bang line. In the case of Python 2
#!/usr/bin/python2
will probably work. Example shell session:
$ cat tmp.py
def demo():
print "heureka"
demo()
$ ./tmp.py
./tmp.py: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./tmp.py: line 1: `def demo():'
$ cat tmp2.py
#!/usr/bin/python2
def demo():
print "heureka"
demo()
$ ./tmp2.py
heureka
$
> ./python2.py: line 1: `def demo(s,exclaim):
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards
> Sonia
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Re: [Tutor] help
>> Error:
>> ./python2.py: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
>
> That is not a Python error, that's a complaint of your shell.
> If you make a Python script executable you also have to insert the proper
> hash-bang line. In the case of Python 2
>
> #!/usr/bin/python2
>
> will probably work. Example shell session:
>
> $ cat tmp.py
> def demo():
> print "heureka"
>
> demo()
> $ ./tmp.py
> ./tmp.py: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> ./tmp.py: line 1: `def demo():'
or, of course, run it with python explicitly:
$ python tmp.py
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Re: [Tutor] help
On 05/02/2019 14:15, Peter Otten wrote:
>> Error:
>> ./python2.py: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
>
> That is not a Python error, that's a complaint of your shell.
Oh, good catch Peter.
I never noticed the start of the line I just read the text and saw the
weird backtick...
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http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld
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