Python " ".join() syntax error

Asked Oct 13 '16 at 22:10

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I haven't done much with Python, but the code-academy course has seemed to give me some enjoyment however when I have taken my project to the actual python compiler I get an error compiling. Highly possible that code-academy just hasn't updated to a more recent version, as I've seen here that people have used this previously.

C:\Python>battleship.py File "C:\Python\battleship.py", line 10 print " ".join(row) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

For some reason I am having issues placing the source in the question, as this is my first question, so ill describe the code. Using an empty list there is a "board" created to play battleship on, with a for loop that loops through a set range appending < board.append["O"] * 5 >. Then it loops through each row in the array and then uses < print " ".join(row) >

How can I get by this and is there an alternative way that is better?

Edit: Python version 3.5.2

edited Oct 13 '16 at 22:11

asked Oct 13 '16 at 22:10

uchihella

Are you using Python 3 by any chance? – wkl Oct 13 '16 at 22:11
Yes, had just edited it before seeing this comment. Version 3.5.2 – uchihella Oct 13 '16 at 22:12
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In that case you need to use `print (" ".join(row))` as Python 3.x changed `print` to be a function, so you have to use parentheses. – wkl Oct 13 '16 at 22:13

Python " ".join() syntax error

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