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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Letter Game Introduction

Jonathan Whelchel
Jonathan Whelchel
2,096 Points
Posted by Jonathan Whelchel
Jonathan Whelchel
2,096 Points

Syntax error

I am getting a syntax error for the end=' ' command

also, when I hit return at the beginning at get the following error:

File "<string>", line 0

^

SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

import random

words = [
'apple'
'lemon'
'banana'
'orange'
'watermelon'
'coconut'
'strawberry'
'pineapple'
]



while True:
    start = input("Press return/enter to start, Q to quit")

    if start.lower() == 'q':
        break


    secret_word = random.choice(words)
    bad_guesses = []
    good_guesses = []


    while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):

        for letter in secret_word:

            if letter in good_guesses:
                print(letter, end='')


        guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

It appears you are running python2 and not python3.

Also, the strings in words should be separated by comma.

Post back if you need more help!

Jonathan Whelchel
Jonathan Whelchel
2,096 Points
Jonathan Whelchel
Jonathan Whelchel
2,096 Points

I was able to install python 3 on my Mac and my text editor...but I am still getting the same error.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

Can you cut and paste the contents of the command or terminal window of the command and the error? Also, please try running Python interactively and post the header you see as the Python REPL starts up?

It may be that Python 2 is still being run.

Shiyu Huang
Shiyu Huang
891 Points
Shiyu Huang
Shiyu Huang
891 Points

I ran.into the same error when running the script on Mac Terminal. It turned out that intead of typing "python letter_game.py" into the command line, type "python3 letter_game.py" instead resolved the issue for me!