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Vignesh Dhakshinamoorthy
1,788 Points"SyntaxError: invalid syntax" during import
Hello! I am getting the following error when trying to import a class on the console, as shown on the tutorial video. What could be the problem with this syntax below?
treehouse:~/workspace$ ls
characters.py oops.py
treehouse:~/workspace$ python
Python 3.6.4 (default, Nov 19 2019, 17:12:46)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from characters import Thief
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/treehouse/workspace/characters.py", line 1
Class Thief:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Original code:
#characters.py
Class Thief:
sneaky = True
1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,961 PointsIn characters.py class should begin with a lowercase c.