can anybody please tell me why this is giving me syntax error in idle?
def printTwice(bruce):
print bruce, bruce
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
can anybody please tell me why this is giving me syntax error in idle?
def printTwice(bruce):
print bruce, bruce
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Check the version of Python being used; the variable sys.version
contains useful information.
That is invalid in Python 3.x, because print
is just a normal function and thus requires parenthesis:
# valid Python 3.x syntax ..
def x(bruce): print(bruce, bruce)
x("chin")
# .. but perhaps "cleaner"
def x(bruce):
print(bruce, bruce)
(The behavior in Python 2.x is different, where print
was a special statement.)
You seem to be trying to print incorrectly.
You can use a Tuple:
def p(bruce):
print (bruce, bruce) # print((bruce, bruce)) should give a tuple in python 3.x
Or you can use formatting in a string in Python ~2.7:
def p(bruce):
print "{0}{1}".format(bruce, bruce)
Or use a function in Python 3:
def p(bruce):
print("{0}{1}".format(bruce, bruce))