Error with Python command

robertavarela

Hello,

 

When I load the Python command window in v2019.2 of Compose, I get the following error when typing help('modules'):

Although this error pops up, I am able to see the installed modules when I hit OK. But why is this error happening? How to avoid it?

 

Thanks,

 

Roberta

Altair Forum User

Syntax errors, also known as parsing errors, are perhaps the most common kind of complaint you get while you are still learning Python:

 

>>> while True print('Hello world')

File '<stdin>', line 1

while True print('Hello world')

                 ^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

 

 

The parser repeats the offending line and displays a little ‘arrow’ pointing at the earliest point in the line where the error was detected. The error is caused by (or at least detected at) the token preceding the arrow: in the example, the error is detected at the function <span>print()</span>, since a colon (<span>':'</span>) is missing before it. File name and line number are printed so you know where to look in case the input came from a script.

thanks