[Python] Problem with the "for" loop syntax

	Arturo B
	Jun 20, 2013 at 1:02 am

Fixed, the problem was in
HANGMANPICS

I didn't open the brackets.

Thank you guys :)

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Arturo B: Sorry, I'm new in here So, if you want to see the complete code I've fixed it: http://www.smipple.net/snippet/a7xrturo/Hangman%21%20%3A%29 And here is the part of code that doesn't work: #The error is marked in the whitespace between letter and in def displayBoard(HANGMANPICS, missedLetters, correctLetters, secretWord): print (HANGMANPICS[len(missedLetters)]) print() print('Missed letters: ', end='') #Starts problem for letter in missedLetters: #Finishes problem print(letter, end=' ') print()

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Chris Angelico: General debugging tip: Syntax errors are sometimes discovered quite some way below the actual cause. The easiest way to figure out what's the real cause is to start cutting away unnecessary code until all that's left is the tiniest part that still has the error. This is also very helpful as a prerequisite to posting on a list like this, so even if you can't find the problem yourself by this method (you often will, though), it's well worth doing. ChrisA
Cameron Simpson: Also, opening-and-not-closing a set of brackets is almost the only way in Python to make this kind of error (syntax at one line, actual mistake far before). See if your editor has a show-the-matching-bracket mode. I use vi/vim and it both shows the matching bracket when the cursor is on one and also have a keystroke to bounce the curser between this bracket and the matching one. If you suspect you failed to close a bracket, one approach is to go _below_ the syntax error (or right on it) and
Joshua Landau: Thanks for that, that's quite an ingenious technique.

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