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Python

Posted by Michael Higginbotham
Michael Higginbotham
8,107 Points

i'm getting an error on my code and do not no why, code is the same from the video but i'm receiving File"<stdin>", 

input_string = input("What string do you want to use? ")
input_int = input("How many times should I repeat it? ")

print(input_string * int(input_int))

python string_multiply.py                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  File "<stdin>", line 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    python string-multiply.py                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                ^                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

I edited your post for syntax highlighting. Can you confirm that it looks correct?

2 Answers

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Judging by the traceback/error that you posted, there's a line like python string-multiply.py as the first line in your string_multiply.py file. That's throwing a syntax error.

james bush
james bush
4,688 Points
james bush
james bush
4,688 Points

I got the same error. This is my file -- no "python string-multiply.py" line:

treehouse:~/workspace$ cat string_multiply.py

input_string = input("What string do you want to use? ")
input_int = input("How many times should I repeat it? ")

print(input_string*int(input_int))

Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

And when you run it like:

treehouse:~/workspace$ python string_multiply.py

You get the same SyntaxError?

james bush
james bush
4,688 Points

Yeah, the program works when run like that.

My problem was attempting to start string_multiply.py inside Python with command "python programName.py".

Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Well, yeah...you can't run a Python program from inside of Python. If you had all of that code inside of a function, you could call the function and it would run. You have to leave the Python shell to run a separate Python program.