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After finding and correcting all the syntax errors, the platform doesn’t allow you to progress and still states that the third error (the closed parentheses) needs to be put in, despite already being present.
I am facing the same problem, I checked the solutions and they don’t show any difference between the solution code and my corrected code.
I guess i’ll just replace my solution with theirs and proceed.
This is my question as well. I think it’s just a flaw in Python itself. I’m guessing you could put some kind of statement within the parentheses, such as a string or boolean that goes on multiple lines, but an operation would not be allowed. It therefore assumes you made an error by putting an operator there, rather than not closing a parentheses. This is terrible error design and not very human, but that would be the logic. There are not that many error types, after all, so they’re not very descriptive. This would be why “75% of programming is debugging.”
@afreecompany@cgrey.gt I think that’s a very good interpretation of what happened and one very noted flaws of Python interpreter. When the interpreter points out the errors take it as a general location and look around rather than a precise guide. This is true in most other languages, as well.
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