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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Create a Function

Humberto Cardoso
Humberto Cardoso
2,052 Points
Posted by Humberto Cardoso
Humberto Cardoso
2,052 Points

Pycharm IDE works but not Python Windows Shell 3.7?

Error when put into Python Shell 3.7 Windows 64bit.

def square(number): square_of_number = (number * number)
return square_of_number

user_input = int(input("What number do you want to square?"))

result = square(user_input)

print("That number squared is {}".format(result))

SyntaxError: invalid syntax at user_input line

When I run this at Pycharm IDE the code works fine. Why is that it does not work in Python Shell?

squaring.py