December 19, 2023 at 10:15 am
I am using Scalers Python compiler to run a script, but it's throwing a syntax error. Here's the code snippet:
def calculate_sum(numbers):
total = 0
for num in numbers
total += num
return total
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
result = calculate_sum(numbers)
print(f"The sum is: {result}")
Upon compilation, the compiler reports a syntax error. I want someone to identify the syntax error and provide the corrected version of the code. Additionally, briefly explain the nature of the syntax error and how you fixed it. Thank you for tackling this Python compiler error.
December 19, 2023 at 10:39 am
You need a colon after numbers:
def calculate_sum(numbers):
total = 0
for num in numbers:
total += num
return total
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
result = calculate_sum(numbers)
print(f"The sum is: {result}")
A shorter and faster way to write your function is:
def calculate_sum(numbers):
return sum(numbers)
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
result = calculate_sum(numbers)
print(f"The sum is: {result}")
In fact you could shorten your code to this:
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
print(f"The sum is: " + str(sum(numbers)))
December 19, 2023 at 2:11 pm
I could be dumb, but this really sounds like a homework/assignment style question. That being said, if I asked something like this, my first question would be "what does the error message say?" as the error messages are generally a good starting point.
This also feels like it could be an ad for that "scalers" website...
The above is all just my opinion on what you should do.
As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it. Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.
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