Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'syntax': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'cpython': 0.05; 'received:209.85.160.174': 0.07; 'subject:help': 0.07; 'ide': 0.09; 'sentence': 0.09; 'highlight': 0.16; 'subject:user': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'windows': 0.19; 'error.': 0.21; 'raise': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'errors.': 0.27; 'print': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'previous': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'end': 0.40; 'john': 0.60; 'skip:6 10': 0.63 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=gQOLO8sNcGEAf0meJ3lDuUUOfW7yyBfBoLVtMc8S71E=; b=Z0bkiESJ6CWFrGI90zjSrrpUFSMKNfv3vA8Jc8p1aJCHzgZtc3eib4zJi/1yqkzgXZ G95vUO1BjWyeuzq5LOkWxpZ2Myod2ryAq+T2u+DkR27I068REPk/HqrEfCjBWj2ZOuUr mdL38gP8/HeCqp/YWjyJzNYa6HJY4I/P4MmRZkD2gpl5QWNdrBVcIW+Rs7MZW3q0EzUr Rf6L1/Lo0FJzK5dLP3YUUI+qAbl1c3xfKyWSHTxTlXHk9O7LX5pa06J0MB/bqpgQjhGz COLvC/gmceKF69TQ+WX+fOu3jrRf2L80Hbb7EkXWJIn+HUiFf75R167GAnRKW+mEv0+W tjGQ== Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:09:51 -0500 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "comp.lang.python" Subject: Re: Intermediate Python user needed help References: <566c9ebc-5d93-4b5f-94c3-d5710bc01583@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <566c9ebc-5d93-4b5f-94c3-d5710bc01583@googlegroups.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 11 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1344197423 news.xs4all.nl 6932 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37156 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26552 On 8/5/2012 2:51 PM, John Mordecai Dildy wrote: > print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, and %d crabapples." % secret_formula(start_pont > sentence = "All good things come to those who wait." You are missing a parenthesis at the end of the previous line. > .print_first_word(sorted_words) That dot will make this line raise an error. You should use an IDE or something to highlight syntax errors. -- CPython 3.3.0b1 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17803