While it makes sense here to have answers that show problems caused by other kinds of valid syntax, this is an example where the version of Python used causes the syntax not to be valid. …

Aug 10, 2012 · Python has interesting syntax rules in that it actually counts white space as meaningful when parsing the program. What I mean is that having extra space, newlines, or …

Oct 5, 2017 · There are two things wrong here. First, You need parenthesis to enclose the errors: except (ValueError,IOError) as err:

Jan 11, 2013 · Invalid syntax simply means that the code you have written cannot be interpreted as valid instructions for python. "Syntax" refers to the rules and structures of a language, …

Aug 3, 2015 · Ok, what am I doing wrong? x = 1 print x += 1 Error: print x += 1 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Or, does += not work in Python 2.7 anymore? I would swear that I have used it …

Jun 22, 2015 · I am developing a script in python and while I am trying to compile it from the terminator/terminal i always get this error, but I cannot understand where is the syntax error? …

invalid syntax | invalid syntax | invalid syntax | ('invalid syntax',) (3) but when I did a direct import from the main module, I found the problem: Traceback (most recent call last): File "main.py", …

Apr 29, 2012 · The interactive mode (with the >>> prompt) only accepts one statement at a time. You've entered two to be processed at once.

Python does not allow empty blocks, unlike many other languages (since it doesn't use braces to indicate a block). The pass keyword must be used any time you want to have an empty block …

As suggested by Josh Lee in the comment section, that kind of string interpolation was added in Python 3.6 only, see What’s New In Python 3.6 (here it's called "PEP 498: Formatted string …