[Tutor] Invalid syntax issue

[Alan Gauld]

On 02/11/14 23:55, Kody Fergerson wrote:

> worried about you all having it. When I try to check it or run it it
> comes up with "invalid syntax" and highlights the first "@" symbol. The
> code is as follows...
>
> TO = kody.wasson at gmail.com <mailto:kody.wasson at gmail.com>
> GMAIL_USER = kody.wasson at gmail.com <mailto:kody.wasson at gmail.com>
> GMAIL_PASS = shed no tears

These values are all strings so need to be enclosed in quote signs.
Python is trying to evaluate them as code and the @ makes no sense.


> SUBJECT = 'Intrusion!!'
> TEXT = 'Your PIR sensor detected movement'

You got it right here.

> ser = serial.Serial('COM4', 9600)
>
> def send_email():
>      print("Sending Email")
>      smtpserver = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com <http://smtp.gmail.com>",587)
>      smtpserver.ehlo()
>      smtpserver.starttls()
>      smtpserver.ehlo
>      smtpserver.login(GMAIL_USER, GMAIL_PASS)
>      header = 'To:' + TO + '\n' + 'From: ' + GMAIL_USER
>      header = header + '\n' + 'Subject:' + SUBJECT + '\n'
>      print header
>      msg = header + '\n' + TEXT + ' \n\n'
>      smtpserver.sendmail(GMAIL_USER, TO, msg)
>      smtpserver.close()

Its traditional to have a blank line after a function definition.
It just makes it clearer where the definition ends.

> while True:
>      message = ser.readline()
>      print(message)
>      if message[0] == 'M' :
>          send_email(

Something missing there?

>      time.sleep(0.5)


HTH
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Alan G
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