In my case it turned out that a Python 2 interpreter was trying to run Python 3 code, or vice versa; I think that my shell had a PYTHONPATH with a mixture of Python 2 and Python 3.

26 Python is upset because you are attempting to assign a value to something that can't be assigned a value.

The error "SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal" occurs when there is an issue with the way a string is defined in the code. The error message indicates that the end of the string was reached …

Oct 26, 2021 · I've been trying to use a match case instead of a million IF statements, but anything I try returns the error: match http_code: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax I've also tried testing

The other answers are correct that Python 3.6 or later is needed for f-strings to work in standard Python. If for some reason you don't want to upgrade, though, you can run pip install future-fstrings which will …

Looks like your problem is that you are trying to run python test.py from within the Python interpreter, which is why you're seeing that traceback. Make sure you're out of the interpreter, then run the …

May 5, 2014 · Because in Python 3, print statement has been replaced with a print() function, with keyword arguments to replace most of the special syntax of the old print statement.

Can someone explain why I am getting an invalid syntax error from Python's interpreter while formulating this simple if/else statement? I don't add any tabs myself I simply type the text then press enter after …

Jun 5, 2019 · 10 In VSCode, I typically run a Python Script using the Python extension and right clicking a .py script and selecting "Run Python File in Terminal". Before today this method worked fine, but …

Nov 8, 2019 · Syntax Errors unfortunately cannot be captured in a Try: Except: block, so the only way to deal with them is to read the message returned, and if that doesn't help, following up with the python …