I am getting this error: SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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class Student(object):

    def__init__(self, name='', school='', grade=''): #This is where I get the error

        if not name:
          name = raw_input('what is the student\'s name: ')
        if not school:
          school = raw_input('What is the studnet\'s school: ')
        if not grade:
          grade = self.get_grade()
        self.name = name
        self.school = school
        self.grade = grade
        self.print_student()

    def get_grade(self):
        while True:
            grade = input('What is the student\'s grade: [K, 1-5]')
            if grade.lower() not in ['k','2','3','4','5']:
                print('I\'m sorry, but {} isn\'t valid.'.format(grade))
            else:
                return grade

    def print_student():
        print('Name: {}'.format(self.name))
        print('School: {}'.format(self.school))
        print('Grade: {}'.format(self.grade))

def main():
    student1 = Student()
    studnet2 = Student(name='Bethmi Amalya', grade = '5', school= 'Visakha Vidyalaya')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Looks like missing space. Try def __init__ instead of def__init__ — niraj
– niraj, Commented Apr 21, 2018 at 19:41
Thank you very much :) It worked. Im new to programming and thank you so much! — Gayathra Ranasinghe
– Gayathra Ranasinghe, Commented Apr 21, 2018 at 19:44

toheedNiaz · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-21 19:46:40Z

3

you have 2 issues in code :

1 . def__init__(.... , there should be a space between def keyword and init( i.e def __init__(...

2 . self should be passed to def print_student() i.e print_student(self): and all variable accesses should be with self e.g self.name etc in print_student function .

class Student(object):

    def __init__(self, name='', school='', grade=''): #This is where I get the error

        if not name:
          name = raw_input('what is the student\'s name: ')
        if not school:
          school = raw_input('What is the studnet\'s school: ')
        if not grade:
          grade = self.get_grade()
        self.name = name
        self.school = school
        self.grade = grade
        self.print_student()

    def get_grade(self):
        while True:
            grade = raw_input('What is the student\'s grade: [K, 1-5]')
            if grade.lower() not in ['k','2','3','4','5']:
                print('I\'m sorry, but {} isn\'t valid.'.format(grade))
            else:
                return grade

    def print_student(self):
        print('Name: {}'.format(self.name))
        print('School: {}'.format(self.school))
        print('Grade: {}'.format(self.grade))

def main():
    student1 = Student()
    studnet2 = Student(name='Bethmi Amalya', grade = '5', school= 'Visakha Vidyalaya')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

answered Apr 21, 2018 at 19:46

toheedNiaz

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2 Comments

Gayathra Ranasinghe Over a year ago

Thank you so much :) It worked. still new to prgramming

toheedNiaz Over a year ago

keep it up :) happy coding

PgTower · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-21 19:44:33Z

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In line 1: `definit(self, name='', school='', grade=''):`

There is no space between def and __init__

Add a space to fix the syntax error.

Also:

Python 2 used raw_input()
Python 3 uses input()

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answered Apr 21, 2018 at 19:44

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