thanks Steven. I'll always be mindful of that. By the way, I need someone to briefly explain to me how the while loop works. a little on break will also do. thanks.
On 5/18/10, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:36:02 pm Dipo Elegbede wrote: >> ples help me figure out what is wrong with this syntax? >> >> >> print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') >> for i in the range(10): >> print(i) >> >> thank you. > > Others have already given you the answer, but more important is for you > to learn *how* to get the answer. > > Look at the error message Python prints: > >>>> for i in the range(10): > File "<stdin>", line 1 > for i in the range(10): > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > > You get a SyntaxError, which tells you that what you've written makes no > sense to the Python compiler. It also tells you that the error has > nothing to do with either of the print lines. > > Unfortunately Python isn't smart enough to recognise that the problem is > with "the" rather than "range(10)", but it points you to the correct > line. > > > > -- > Steven D'Aprano > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- Elegbede Muhammed Oladipupo OCA +2348077682428 +2347042171716 www.dudupay.com Mobile Banking Solutions | Transaction Processing | Enterprise Application Development _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor