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Python

Posted by Kailash Seshadri
Kailash Seshadri
3,087 Points

Console error when input function is specified.

When I typed in the "input('How are you today?')" in the console (without the ""), the console returned a SyntaxError: invalid syntax with a:

 File "<stdin>@, line 1
      input('How are you today?')re you today?
                                  ^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Screenshot: https://gyazo.com/80db3702d208e73e119355d8750f9260

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

Very strange issue! But I was unable to replicate it:

treehouse:~/workspace$ python
Python 3.6.4 (default, Jun 15 2018, 21:48:04)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> input('How are you today?')
How are you today?great!
'great!'

All I can think to suggest is restart your browser and/or reboot your computer.

Kailash Seshadri
Kailash Seshadri
3,087 Points

I have no idea how it happened, but when I cleared the console and re-did the expression, it worked fine, which is interesting...

Thanks for the help though!