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Python

Brady Gorman
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Brady Gorman
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,738 Points
Posted by Brady Gorman
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Brady Gorman
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,738 Points

Everything I type on the Workspace Console comes back as "Undefined"

I'm following the instructions step-by-step on the video and every time I get:

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

python check_please.py
File "<stdin>", line 1
python check_please.py
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
clear
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'clear' is not defined

There is no inconsistency with the .py file name and what I'm typing. I've had this issue pop up before, I can't remember how to fix it and it's incredibly frustrating!

Thanks in advance

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points

Can you link to your workspace?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Those are commands for the system, but you are giving them to the Python IDE (you already ran "python"). You can tell Python is running because the prompt looks like this :point_right: >>>

To get back to the system prompt, type "exit()" to Python, or just type a Ctrl-D character. The system prompt will generally look something like this :point_right: treehouse:~/workspace$