newbie question (for loop)

[Prasad, Ramit]

In addition, "list" is a reserved word in python and while you can rebind it, it usually not recommended. Unless IPython is different?


Ramit



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-----Original Message-----
From: python-list-bounces+ramit.prasad=jpmchase.com at python.org [mailto:python-list-bounces+ramit.prasad=jpmchase.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Chris Rebert
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:18 AM
To: Sachin Kumar Sharma
Cc: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: newbie question (for loop)

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Sachin Kumar Sharma <SSharma84 at slb.com> wrote:
> I am getting error on the following syntax while running in Ipython and
> spyder and I failed to figure out why
>
> for  i  in  range(len(list))
>                                          ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax

You forgot the required colon (":"). It should be

for i in range(len(list)): # note trailing colon

Cheers,
Chris
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