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February 15th, 2004, 10:13 PM

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syntax error on compiling

hi ,
i am new to Linux and learning Python

I get a syntax error for this line of code

def fib(n): # write Fibonacci series up to n

i used Emacs as the editor on a Redhat ver8.0 OS.

any help is useful , thanks

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February 15th, 2004, 10:24 PM

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Please post the rest of your code too.

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February 15th, 2004, 10:40 PM

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it is one of the examples given in the python tutorial by Guido Rossum which i used to learn. so here is the link
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please refer section 4.6 Defining Functions

i just copied this in emacs editor to check if it compiles when i got syntax error.

Code:

def fib(n):    # write Fibonacci series up to n
     """Print a Fibonacci series up to n."""
     a, b = 0, 1
     while b < n:
         print b,
         a, b = b, a+b

Last edited by netytan : February 16th, 2004 at 05:55 AM.

February 15th, 2004, 10:42 PM

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also tried this unsuccesfully

Code:

def fib2(n): # return Fibonacci series up to n
     """Return a list containing the Fibonacci series up to n."""
     result = []
     a, b = 0, 1
     while b < n:
         result.append(b)    # see below
        a, b = b, a+b
     return result

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any ideas ??

Last edited by netytan : February 16th, 2004 at 06:00 AM.

February 15th, 2004, 10:54 PM

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Is your code properly indented, like in the example?

Code:

>>> def fib(n):    # write Fibonacci series up to n
...     """Print a Fibonacci series up to n."""
...     a, b = 0, 1
...     while b < n:
...         print b,
...         a, b = b, a+b
...

February 16th, 2004, 06:08 AM

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You're first example runs fine, no problem at all there. The second version is suffering from indentation arrors. if you insure that you're using 4 spaces for each indentation level it should work perfectly i.e.

Code:

def fib2(n):
    """Return a list containing the Fibonacci series up to n."""
    result = []
    a, b = 0, 1
    while b < n:
        result.append(b)
        a, b = b, a + b
    return result
    
print fib2(10)

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