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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Second Shopping List App

Posted by Taylor Thurman
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Taylor Thurman
iOS Development Techdegree Student 2,625 Points

Why does a SyntaxError: invalid syntax show up under while True, only after adding the add_to_list(new_item) function

The program runs normal if the functions is not there, but as soon as it's put in place, a syntax error pops up with a caret under E of while.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

You didn't share your code or workspace, so this is just a guess, but I helped someone earlier today with a similar error.

In that post , there were mismatched parentheses on the line above, which got detected as a syntax error on the while.

Maybe there's something similar going on in your case. Check the previous line for a possible typo or other error.