Thanks I've fixed
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On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:30 PM, bob gailer <bgai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/30/2012 4:26 PM, chris knarvik wrote:
>> Alright i have been trying to right a (relatively) simple to calculate area
>> and volume below is my current working code
>
> Suggestion: start with a VERY SIMPLE program and get that working. Then add
> one new feature at a time.
>
> Is the following in Area.py? If it is then the traceback could not have come
> from importing this code, because line 10 does not mention areamenu().
> In fact areamenu() appears ONLY in line 1, but not by itself!
>
>> def areamenu():
>> print 'Square (1)'
>> print 'triangle (2)'
>> print 'rectangle (3)'
>> print 'trapazoid (4)'
>> print 'circle (5)'
>>
>> def squareacalc():
>> sidelength = input('enter side length: ')
>> print ' the side length is' sidelength ** 2
>>
>> def displaymenu():
>> print 'please make a selection';
>> print 'Area (1)';
>> choice = input(raw_input('enter selection number'):
>> if (choice == 1):
>> Areamenu():
>>
>> else:
>> print 'choice' , choice, ' is wrong try again'
>>
>> def selctiona():
>> Areamenu();
>> choicea = input(raw_input'enter selection');
>> if (choicea == 1):
>> squareacalc()
>>
>>
>>
>> print 'good bye'
>>
>> I keep getting this error
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module>
>> import Area
>> File "C:\Python27\Area.py", line 10
>> areamenu()
>> ^
>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>
>> can anyone tell me what im doing wrong i cant see the problem
>> help would be appreciated
>>
> What are you using to run the above? I'll guess the interactive window of
> IDLE. Try reload(Area). Once a module is imported you must reload to import
> it again. (I am assuming you made changes after the initial error.)
>
> The above code should give you something like:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> File "Script3.py", line 10
> print ' the side length is' sidelength ** 2
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> fix that (do you know what to do?) then you should get a syntax error for
> line15. Why is there a : at the end of that line?
> then you have 1 more trailing : to deal with.
> then there is a missing )
> then there is a missing (
>
> Once you fix all the problems then you should see
> good bye
> since that is the only executable code in Area.py other than def statements.
>
> Suggestion: start with a VERY SIMPLE program and get that working. Then add
> one new feature at a time.
>
> --
> Bob Gailer
> 919-636-4239
> Chapel Hill NC
>
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