Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!bcyclone02.am1.xlned.com!bcyclone02.am1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.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 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:error': 0.03; '"this': 0.03; 'causing': 0.04; '"the': 0.07; 'error:': 0.07; 'great.': 0.07; '")': 0.09; 'here?': 0.09; 'main()': 0.09; 'parsing': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'def': 0.12; 'c):': 0.16; 'eof': 0.16; 'finds': 0.16; 'main():': 0.16; 'script,': 0.16; 'subject:import': 0.16; 'syntaxerror:': 0.16; 'unexpected': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'library': 0.18; 'thanks.': 0.20; 'seems': 0.21; 'import': 0.22; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'math': 0.24; 'skip:" 40': 0.26; 'to:2**1': 0.27; 'idea': 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; '"",': 0.31; 'correctly.': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'run': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; '(most': 0.33; '"the': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'library.': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'error.': 0.37; 'wrong': 0.37; 'skip:& 10': 0.38; 'nov': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'recent': 0.39; 'skip:& 20': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'real': 0.63; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; '11.': 0.74 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=ESBF+mDW6kMZFdT7C1RCpR8jdu7dlGCRPGh0YXkc+/Q=; b=VBJegl+oIauuGf7pIeJ5bQor5l2LCro0eLVT9BeyNgYe6l+I+LjHsMjzEnVsJOkXuL eNS5eFJ/0d0O8wD2dARGUKOYdyyf1eyzz4okc5unxR6n40DQuIb8R59Qu3r1nI+rNTXO 0aypyQghMOaDhqAOUNLSN0Ted6Y2bwRWK64tS8XlQ3yihkwEgH7dKLjOhErlD02gQBfX 8WhtjlPuhNsvItuHpSca80nvf3UiBMLAf/kZzQoxKP7vZ45YGcPnglfnaeNnFL2N9qRt UB/WjVPZig6hOWrhcQubpw7mm6qyxBKTHWDWdgjkvCV+/f/LhIO5sNza4QC2HzNBTtCQ jZ9Q== X-Received: by 10.236.15.103 with SMTP id e67mr21583730yhe.22.1416170918061; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:48:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: From: Mayank Tripathi Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:48:37 +0000 Subject: Re: import math error To: ryguy7272 , python-list@python.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0122a476832f760507fffc3c X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 97 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1416170926 news.xs4all.nl 2899 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53715 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Bytes: 7100 X-Received-Body-CRC: 778147547 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:80903 --089e0122a476832f760507fffc3c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Why the colon in '(1,1,2)'? On Mon Nov 17 2014 at 1:41:10 AM ryguy7272 wrote: > When I type 'import math', it seems like my Python recognizes this > library. Great. When I try to run the following script, I get an error, > which suggests (to me) the math library is not working correctly. > > Script: > import math > def main(): > print "This program finds the real solutions to a quadratic" > print > a, b, c = input("Please enter the coefficients (a, b, c): ") > discRoot = math.sqrt(b * b - 4 * a * c) > root1 = (-b + discRoot) / (2 * a) > root2 = (-b - discRoot) / (2 * a) > print > print "The solutions are:", root1, root2 > main() > > Error: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\QuadraticEquation.py", line 11, in > main() > File "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\QuadraticEquation.py", line 5, in main > a, b, c = input("Please enter the coefficients (a, b, c): ") > File "", line 1 > (1,1,2): > ^ > SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing > > The last line is line 11. It seems like I need this, but that's what's > causing the error. Does anyone here have any idea what is wrong here? > > Thanks. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > --089e0122a476832f760507fffc3c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Why the colon in '(1,1,2)'?

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