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Thomas Welton
Courses Plus Student 1,166 PointsSyntax Error on Error corrections
print("Hello") print(name) def name = "treehouse" print("Let's do some math!") print(5 + "a") def a = 7 print("Thanks for playing along!")
Code Above is what I am attempting to submit. Have rewatched all modules twice.
print("Hello")
print(name)
def name = "treehouse"
print("Let's do some math!")
print(5 + "a")
def a = 7
print("Thanks for playing along!")
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! I can see that you've really tried here so let me give you some hints. We use the def keyword to define a method/function. But that is not required for this challenge.
So let me show you how I would tackle it. First, I would start the challenge fresh and just hit "Check work". That will give the first error. Let's take a look:
Bummer! SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal
This part, you figured out so kudos! 
Then we run "Check Work" again, and we get:
Bummer! NameError: name 'name' is not defined
This is where you got stuck. The original code is print(name), but name isn't defined. Now, there are two solutions to this. You could either make name into a string literal by placing quotes around it or you could define it. But you need to define it before you try and use it.
So we could do:
#this
print("name")
#or something like
name = "treehouse"
print(name)
Once we fix that, we run "Check work" again, and we get:
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'
Here, you will notice that we are trying to add an integer with a string. This operation is not valid in Python. They either both need to be a string or both need to be an integer. How you do that is completely up to you, and I feel confident that you can get the rest from here, but let me know if you're still stuck!
glasscheck
7,302 Pointsprint("Hello")
print("name")
print("Let's do some math!")
print(str(5) + "a")
print("Thanks for playing along!")
You have placed def in your code, def is for declaring functions and not for declaring variables, also you have declared the variables after they have been called, they needed to be declared before they can be used
name = "treehouse"
print(name)
Thomas Welton
Courses Plus Student 1,166 PointsThomas Welton
Courses Plus Student 1,166 PointsThank you Jennifer for the clarification and swift response. I look forward to working more with the Treehouse community.