On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Kyle Benak <kbena...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am learning python and I am trying to write a simple "guess the number" > game. I wrote the program in the IDLE, and I set the variable tries=1 to > keep up with the number of tries it takes to guess the number, but when I > try to run the program it gives the error message "improper syntax" and > highlights the word tries. So, I assigned the variable tries the value 1 in > the python shell window and it works fine there. Can you tell me why it > won't work in the program? A copy of my code is below for clarification. If the parser tells you there's a syntax error, it is often in the line it shows, but also often in the line preceding that. In this case, it is the latter: You have two opening brackets there, but only one closing bracket. -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
