[Tutor] help

[Alan Gauld]

On 05/02/2019 12:32, Sonia Miglani wrote:

> OS Linux
> Python version 2.7.13

Can you tell us how you are creating the file?
Which editor are you using? It looks like there may be
some spurious characters in your file.

> def  demo(s, exclaim):
> #    """
>  #   Returns the string 's' repeated 3 times.
>   #  If exclaim is true, add exclamation marks.
> 
> 
>     result = s + s + s
>     if exclaim:
>         result = result + '!!!'
>     return result
> 
> 
> def main():
>     print demo('Yay', False)      ## YayYayYay
>     print demo('Woo Hoo', True)   ## Woo HooWoo HooWoo Hoo!!!

It all works perfectly for me.

> Error:
> ./python2.py: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> ./python2.py: line 1: `def  demo(s,exclaim):

Notice the odd backtick (`) characters?
They aren't in your code above, did you retype it or
actually copy/paste your real code? It is important that
you post the actual code you get the error from.


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