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Python

Grant Barnhart
Grant Barnhart
1,811 Points
Posted by Grant Barnhart
Grant Barnhart
1,811 Points

Syntax error check_please.py but the code matches the instructors?

'''python3

<import math>

<def split_check(total, number_of_people):>
    <p>if number_of_people <= 1:</p>
        <p>raise ValueError("More than 1 person is needed to split a check!")</p>
    <p>return math.ceil(total / number_of_people)</p>

<try:>
    <p>total_due = float(input("What is the total?   "))</p>
    <p>number_of_people = int(input("How many people?   "))</p>
    <p>amount_due = split_check(total_due, number_of_people)</p>
<except ValueError as err:>
    <p>print("Numbers, you fool!")</p>
    <p>print("({})".format(err)</p>
<else:>
    <print("Each person owes ${}".format(amount_due))>

'''

No matter how I indent or change it up, I continue to get a syntax error on line 15, the else at the bottom. My code matches the instructors' code exactly, and his runs, yet I get:

File "check_please.py", line 15
else:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I've run it in the cmd line of my computer and it says the same thing. Very frustrating...

Grant

Edit: I've tried multiple times to get the code to read right, but it's not working right for me, or I'm doing something wrong. Is there an EASY way to post code on here?

Grant Barnhart
Grant Barnhart
1,811 Points
Grant Barnhart
Grant Barnhart
1,811 Points

Forgot to close the print function

print("({})".format(err))

1 Answer

Elias Flores
Elias Flores
905 Points
Elias Flores
Elias Flores
905 Points

Hello Grant, you are doing a very good job.

The real error is on line 14:

print("({})".format(err)

It seems you forgot to close the print() function call since it doesn't have the closing parenthesis that correspond to it.

Don't let this discourage you, errors happens all the time to every programmer!

Grant Barnhart
Grant Barnhart
1,811 Points
Grant Barnhart
Grant Barnhart
1,811 Points

Yeah, I looked it over about 100 times and missed it every time. Thanks!