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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: First python program, syntax error in while loop
Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 17:37:56 +0000 (UTC)
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In <mailman.1272.1367602030.3114.python-list@python.org> =?UTF-8?B?Q2hyaXMg4oCcS3dwb2xza2HigJ0gV2Fycmljaw==?= <kwpolska@gmail.com> writes:

> 1. post full tracebacks.

I almost responded with the same advice, but in this case the full
traceback doesn't really tell us anything more:

      File "foo.py", line 11
        while guess != number:
            ^
    SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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