Codeacademy Python 4/11 MadLibs

[gengyang]

So I am going through CodeAcademy' Python Course and am currently on 4/11 --- the one where you get to write a Mad Libs story. Tried to run it after completing my code, but kept getting error message. I have attached my stuff here, any help appreciated ... thanks alot !

MadLibs.py

This program does the following ... writes a Mad Libs story

Author: Cai Gengyang

print "Mad Libs is starting!"

name = raw_input("Enter a name: ")

Adjective1 = raw_input("Enter an adjective: ")
Adjective2 = raw_input("Enter a second adjective: ")
Adjective3 = raw_input("Enter a third adjective: ")

Verb1 = raw_input("Enter a verb: ")
Verb2 = raw_input("Enter a second verb: ")
Verb3 = raw_input("Enter a third verb: ")

Noun1 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ")
Noun2 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ")
Noun3 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ")
Noun4 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ")

animal = raw_input("Enter an animal: ")
food = raw_input("Enter a food: ")
fruit = raw_input("Enter a fruit: ")
number = raw_input("Enter a number: ")
superhero_name = raw_input("Enter a superhero_name")
country = raw_input("Enter a country")
dessert = raw_input("Enter a dessert")
year = raw_input("Enter a year")

#The template for the story
STORY = "This morning I woke up and felt %s because _ was going to finally %s over the big _ %s. On the other side of the %s were many %ss protesting to keep %s in stores. The crowd began to _ to the rythym of the %s, which made all of the %ss very _. %s tried to _ into the sewers and found %s rats. Needing help, %s quickly called %s. %s appeared and saved %s by flying to %s and dropping _ into a puddle of %s. %s then fell asleep and woke up in the year _, in a world where %ss ruled the world."

print STORY % (Adjective1, name, Verb1, Adjective2, Noun1, Noun2, animal, food, Verb2, Noun3, fruit, Adjective3, name, Verb3, number, name , superhero_name, superhero_name, name, country, name, dessert, name, year, Noun4)

Terminal :

$ python Madlibs.py
File "Madlibs.py", line 1
This program does the following ... Writes
a Mad Libs story
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
$ python Madlibs.py
File "Madlibs.py", line 1
This program does the following ... writes
a Mad Libs story
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
$

Why keep getting this invalid syntax error ?

[nickgrimes50]

please edit your post and before and after your code please place three backticks --> ` <--

thank you!

[stetim94]

if you want to put this in the code:

Author: Cai Gengyang

you need to make it into a comment or use it a print. You can't just write text into the file, everything is syntax

[gengyang]

Yea, I made this line "Author: Cai Gengyang" into a comment --- # Author: Cai Gengyang , but it still doesn't work. I still get the same Syntax Error: invalid syntax error message ...

[stetim94]

Well, you made a topic with a question, which we answered. You can post an updated version of your code, do use markup:

How do I format code in my posts?

To format code so it's visible, either wrap it in single backticks (`) for a small amount of code, or triple backticks on an otherwise blank line before and after for a large amount of code.

I will see if i see another problem, otherwise you might be lucky and nick will have another look

[g4be]

Have you commented all the text lines you want to print, just like @stetim94 mentioned ?

[gengyang]

Yea, i commented out the 1st and 2nd lines and managed to get the code to run / enter the inputs. However, I got a different error now --- TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting on line 34. How can I solve this problem ? Thanks alot ...

Madlibs.py

This program does the following ... writes a Mad Libs story

Author: Cai Gengyang

print "Mad Libs is starting!"

name = raw_input("Enter a name: ")

Adjective1 = raw_input("Enter an adjective: ")
Adjective2 = raw_input("Enter a second adjective: ")
Adjective3 = raw_input("Enter a third adjective: ")

Verb1 = raw_input("Enter a verb: ")
Verb2 = raw_input("Enter a second verb: ")
Verb3 = raw_input("Enter a third verb: ")

Noun1 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ")
Noun2 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ")
Noun3 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ")
Noun4 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ")

animal = raw_input("Enter an animal: ")
food = raw_input("Enter a food: ")
fruit = raw_input("Enter a fruit: ")
number = raw_input("Enter a number: ")
superhero_name = raw_input("Enter a superhero_name: ")
country = raw_input("Enter a country: ")
dessert = raw_input("Enter a dessert: ")
year = raw_input("Enter a year: ")

The template for the story

STORY = "This morning I woke up and felt %s because _ was going to finally %s over the big _ %s. On the other side of the %s were many %ss protesting to keep %s in stores. The crowd began to _ to the rythym of the %s, which made all of the %ss very _. %s tried to _ into the sewers and found %s rats. Needing help, %s quickly called %s. %s appeared and saved %s by flying to %s and dropping _ into a puddle of %s. %s then fell asleep and woke up in the year _, in a world where %ss ruled the world."

print STORY % (Adjective1, name, Verb1, Adjective2, Noun1, Noun2, animal, food, Verb2, Noun3, fruit, Adjective3, name, Verb3, number, name , superhero_name, superhero_name, name, country, name, dessert, name, year, Noun4)

Terminal

$ python Madlibs.py
Mad Libs is starting!
Enter a name: Cai Gengyang
Enter an adjective: small
Enter a second adjective: big
Enter a third adjective: large
Enter a verb: hit
Enter a second verb: ■■■■
Enter a third verb: run
Enter a noun: anger
Enter a noun: belief
Enter a noun: hope
Enter a noun: life
Enter an animal: giraffe
Enter a food: burger
Enter a fruit: watermelon
Enter a number: 5
Enter a superhero_name: superman
Enter a country: singapore
Enter a dessert: icekachang
Enter a year: 1985
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Madlibs.py", line 34, in
print STORY % (Adjective1, name, Verb1, Adj
ective2, Noun1, Noun2, animal, food, Verb2, Nou
n3, fruit, Adjective3, name, Verb3, number, nam
e , superhero_name, superhero_name, name, count
ry, name, dessert, name, year, Noun4)
TypeError: not all arguments converted during s
tring formatting
$

[mtf]

https://www.codecademy.com/en/courses/python-ext/projects/madlibs

#The template for the story
STORY = "This morning I woke up and felt %s because %s was going to finally %s over the big %s %s. On the other side of the %s were many %ss protesting to keep %s in stores. The crowd began to %s to the rythym of the %s, which made all of the %ss very %s. %s tried to %s into the sewers and found %s rats. Needing help, %s quickly called %s. %s appeared and saved %s by flying to %s and dropping %s into a puddle of %s. %s then fell asleep and woke up in the year %s, in a world where %ss ruled the world."

print STORY % (adj_1,user_name,verb_1,adj_2,noun_1,noun_2,animal,food,verb_2,noun_3,fruit,adj_3,user_name,verb_3,number,user_name,hero,hero,user_name,country,user_name,dessert,user_name,year,noun_4)

In all there are 25 parameters (some repeated values). Be sure to replace all the __ with %s.

I don't know if you read the part on variable naming conventions, but the first thing I would recomment is to not use capital letters in the first character of a name. This is reserved for classes.

[gengyang]

Still get error message though ...

Input ---

This program does the following ... writes a Mad Libs story

Author: Cai Gengyang

print "Mad Libs is starting!"

name = raw%sinput("Enter a name: ")

adjective1 = raw%sinput("Enter an adjective: ")
adjective2 = raw%sinput("Enter a second adjective: ")
adjective3 = raw%sinput("Enter a third adjective: ")

verb1 = raw%sinput("Enter a verb: ")
verb2 = raw%sinput("Enter a second verb: ")
verb3 = raw%sinput("Enter a third verb: ")

noun1 = raw%sinput("Enter a noun: ")
noun2 = raw%sinput("Enter a noun: ")
noun3 = raw%sinput("Enter a noun: ")
noun4 = raw%sinput("Enter a noun: ")

animal = raw%sinput("Enter an animal: ")
food = raw%sinput("Enter a food: ")
fruit = raw%sinput("Enter a fruit: ")
number = raw%sinput("Enter a number: ")
superhero_name = raw%sinput("Enter a superhero_name: ")
country = raw%sinput("Enter a country: ")
dessert = raw%sinput("Enter a dessert: ")
year = raw%sinput("Enter a year: ")

The template for the story

STORY = "This morning I woke up and felt %s because _ was going to finally %s over the big _ %s. On the other side of the %s were many %ss protesting to keep %s in stores. The crowd began to _ to the rythym of the %s, which made all of the %ss very _. %s tried to _ into the sewers and found %s rats. Needing help, %s quickly called %s. %s appeared and saved %s by flying to %s and dropping _ into a puddle of %s. %s then fell asleep and woke up in the year _, in a world where %ss ruled the world."

print STORY % (Adjective1, name, Verb1, Adjective2, Noun1, Noun2, animal, food, Verb2, Noun3, fruit, Adjective3, name, Verb3, number, name , superhero_name, superhero_name, name, country, name, dessert, name, year, Noun4)

Output ---

$ python Madlibs.py
Mad Libs is starting!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Madlibs.py", line 7, in
name = raw%sinput("Enter a name: ")
NameError: name 'raw' is not defined
$

[mtf]

There are 18 %s str values, where there should be 25. Note the seven _ characters. Change them to '%s' and you have 25.

name = raw%sinput("Enter a name: ")

Global correction can have drawbacks. raw_input.

[alexcraig]