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Jordan Bester
4,752 Pointswhat is wrong with my python script? Shopping list not working in shell?... says count += 1 invalid syntax
1 Answer
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Chase Frankenfeld
6,137 PointsHey mate. This is my first attempt at helping anyone. Mostly there were simple errors that such as spelling errors, incorrect spacings (make sure you set your workspace to 4 spaces), and forgetting brackets in places. I added comments where I changed stuff. Hopefully it helps.
shopping_list = []
def show_help():
print("\nSeperate each item with a comma.")
print("Type DONE to quit, SHOW to see the current list, HELP to get the help message.")
def show_list():
count = 1
for item in shopping_list:
print("{}: {}.".format(count, item)) # This had a double bracket after .format((
count += 1
print("Give me a list of things you want to shop for.")
show_help()
while True:
# CORRECTIONS - Make sure that spacing is correct. 4 spaces - most were only 2 spaces or 1 etc
new_stuff = input(">")
if new_stuff == "DONE":
print("\nHere's your list!")
show_list()
break
elif new_stuff == "HELP":
show_help()
continue
elif new_stuff == "SHOW":
show_list() # Wrote as show_list not show_list()
continue
else:
new_list = new_stuff.split(",")
index = input("Add this at aH certain spot? Press enter for the end of the list, "
"or give me a number. Currently {} items in the list.".format(len(shopping_list)))
if index:
spot = int(index) - 1
for item in new_list:
# Need to make sure this was inside the loop
shopping_list.insert(spot, item.strip()) # had : instead of a closing brackets
spot += 1
else:
for item in new_list:
# Needed to make sure this was inside the loop to
shopping_list.append(item.strip()) #spelling error --> changed sjhopping_list to shopping_list
[MOD: added 'python' to the markdown block code for colorization. -- cf]
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsHey Chase Frankenfeld! Thanks for helping out in the forum!
I moved your comment to an Answer and tweaked the formatting a bit. Hope to see you answering more posts!