I am new to the world of programming and ran into this syntax error when i ran the code it gives me a syntax error and highlights the word element in red.Please help
given_list = [5,4,4,3,1,-2,-2,-5]
total = 0
for given element in given_list:
if element <= 0:
break
total += element
print total
I have no previous work experience so please help me.I think the error is because of some extra space or so but i have no idea.
Python identifiers can't use space symbols (well, it is logical). So you can't use given element variable, you should replace it with element. Here is the correct code:
given_list = [5,4,4,3,1,-2,-2,-5]
total = 0
for element in given_list:
if element <= 0:
break
total += element
print(total) # Works both in Python2 and Python3
Python does not allow you to use spaces in identifiers. Because of this, you cannot use given element as an identifier name. Instead, you should try using given_element. Another problem here is that you are using print total. This will not work in python 3.x, instead use print(total), as it will work in python 2.x and 3.x. Here is the code with these corrections:
given_list = [5,4,4,3,1,-2,-2,-5]
total = 0
for given_element in given_list:
if given_element <= 0:
break
total += given_element
print(total)
