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Python Python Basics Meet Python Input and Coding Style

Dan B
Dan B
6,155 Points
Posted by Dan B
Dan B
6,155 Points

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `'How are you today? ''

I keep getting this error towards the end of the basic python module:

treehouse:~/workspace$ input('How are you today? ')
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `'How are you today? ''

I've checked my lines and they match the video exactly.

1 Answer

Dan B
Dan B
6,155 Points
Dan B
Dan B
6,155 Points

Oops, I just realised I wasn't inside the REPL. I had not run the REPL by writing

treehouse:~/workspace$ python

first.