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Python

Posted by Simran Bansari
Simran Bansari
4,517 Points

python question, invalid syntax error, when typing in the console python -i expenses.py or python expenses.py

travel_expenses = [
    [5.00, 2.75, 22.00, 0.00, 0.00],
    [24.75, 5.50, 15.00, 22.00, 8.00],
    [2.75, 5.50, 0.00, 29.00, 5.00],
]

print("Travel Expenses:")
week_number = 1
for week in travel_expenses:
      print("* Week #[]:".format(week_number, sum(week)))
      week_number +=1

Moderator edited: Markdown added so that code renders properly in the forums. -jn

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

What's the error?

Simran Bansari
Simran Bansari
4,517 Points

the error is a invalid syntax error when putting a command in the console to call the program

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there, Simran Bansari ! I'm not sure why exactly you're getting the syntax error. Are you doing this in workspaces? When I run it in workspaces, I get no syntax error. This makes me think that perhaps you're doing it on your local system and may be running a different version of Python.

I do see a couple of oddities though. First, you have an extraneous comma in your multidimensional array after the last sub-array. Secondly, your print statement should have two sets of curly braces {}, instead of the one set of square brackets []. I took the liberty of reworking your code so it works like I think you're expecting.

travel_expenses = [
    [5.00, 2.75, 22.00, 0.00, 0.00],
    [24.75, 5.50, 15.00, 22.00, 8.00],
    [2.75, 5.50, 0.00, 29.00, 5.00]
]

print("Travel Expenses:")
week_number = 1
for week in travel_expenses:
      print("* Week #{}: {}".format(week_number, sum(week)))
      week_number +=1

Hope this helps! :sparkles: