Why does my python for loop colon get a syntax error?

Question

a=int(input("Enter a number.")
for x in range(a):
    print(" ")
c=int(input("Enter another number.")
for x in range(c):
    print("x")

Palmer · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-18 16:09:47Z

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This issue is only a missing parenthesis on the input line: a=int(input("Enter a number.") and c=int(input("Enter another number.")

a=int(input("Enter a number."))
for x in range(a):
    print(" ")
c=int(input("Enter another number."))
for x in range(c):
    print("x")

answered Feb 18, 2017 at 16:09

Palmer

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This is not related to the issue but I will suggest to use xrange and raw_input.

Shravan Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-18 16:12:43Z

0

There is simple typo in your code, see a,c declarations where you have missed closing one more parenthesis.

a=int(input("Enter a number."))
for x in range(a):
    print(" ")
c=int(input("Enter another number."))
for x in range(c):
    print("x")

Hope that helps.

answered Feb 18, 2017 at 16:12

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J. Maria · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-18 16:15:49Z

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not_a_robot is right.

Also, in the second loop, you're not even printing the value of the x variable, just an "x".

a=int(input("Enter a number."))
c=int(input("Enter another number."))
...
for x in range(c):
    print(x)

answered Feb 18, 2017 at 16:06

J. Maria

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