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Re: Am I not seeing the Error?

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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson
<devyncjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 08/10/2013 10:47 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> In article <mailman.452.1376188442.1251.python-list@python.org>,
>>>   Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When you get a syntax error you can't understand, look at the previous
>>>> line of code. Perhaps something there is incomplete; maybe you have
>>>> mismatched parentheses, so this line is considered to be part of the
>>>> same expression.
>>>>
>>>> Next thing to do is split it into more lines. Why is all that in a
>>>> single
>>>> line?
>>>
>>> Also, try reformatting the code in a tool like emacs or eclipse which
>>> does syntax coloring and auto indenting.  Often, if you're missing some
>>> piece of punctuation, it will become obvious when your tool tries to
>>> indent things in some unexpected way.  Or suddenly starts coloring all
>>> of your program text as if it were a string literal :-)
>>
>> Agreed. Though I've had some odd issues with SciTE in that way; I
>> think its Python handling may have bugs in it here and there. But 95%
>> of the time it's helpful.
>>
>> ChrisA
>
>
> Thanks everyone. Unfortunately, I have not found the problem yet. I use the
> Geany IDE which has syntax highlighting, but nothing wrong is seen. None of
> the suggestions helped. The lines before this one set variables. The lines
> further up "appear" fine. I will keep looking. If I ever figure it out, I
> will share with all of you.
>
> As for the code being one line, my style of coding is very different from
> others. I try to keep similar or related tasks on one line. Programming like
> that is called trolling. A programmer that uses trolling is called a troll.
> A troll can also refer to such a line of code itself. My scripts contain a
> lot of trolls. It is easier for me to read trolls than "typical" coding
> styles.

Obviously not, since you can't find the syntax error.  If you replace
each semicolon in that line with a newline, the syntax error will be
immediately obvious.  I'll even give you a hint: it's on the third
line.

-- 
Zach

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Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-11 03:33 +0100
  Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-10 22:43 -0400
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-11 03:47 +0100
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 08:33 -0400
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 08:20 -0500
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-08-12 10:01 -0400
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 10:04 -0400
      Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-12 11:47 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 12:56 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 18:19 +0100
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 16:16 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 16:34 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-08-12 16:35 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-13 09:19 +0100
          Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-13 08:50 +0000
            Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 06:31 -0400
            Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 13:11 +0100
            Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-13 12:12 -0400
            Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 19:55 -0600
          Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-13 13:55 +0000
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 10:37 -0500
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 10:47 -0500
  Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-11 08:28 +0000
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-11 11:18 +0100
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-11 09:27 -0400

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