syntax error in printing String

Question

I want to print the pattern

hello!
10
8
6
4
2

I have written the following code

print "Hello!";
num=10;
while(num>=2)
   print num;
   num-=2;

Upon execution it is showing syntax error at line 1..

Vikas Ojha · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 06:15:28Z

2

First of all, do not use semicolons in Python code. There are 2 ways to do this.

1) Using While Loop -

print "Hello!"
num = 10
while num >= 2:
    print num
    num -= 2

2) Using For loop -

print "Hello!"
for i in range(10, 1,-2):
    print i

answered Jun 16, 2015 at 5:55

Vikas Ojha

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