SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement [Real Python Rookie]

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i=9
while i>0:
    for j in range(1,i+1):
        print(str(i)+"*"+str(j)+"="+str(i*j),end=" ")
    print("\n")
    i--

`i--` is not what you'd use in Python, Python has no `--` operator. You'd use `i -= 1` instead. However, that line by itself would not throw an exception with exactly the same message. — Martijn Pieters, Sep 06 '18 at 13:55
The error you show is actually never emitted by Python itself. What program are you using that would throw that error? Are you trying to have a shell parse this (since you are using `shell` as a tag)? — Martijn Pieters, Sep 06 '18 at 13:58
Ah, you are pasting multiple lines directly into the IDLE console. Don't do that. Put that into a *file*, then run the file. — Martijn Pieters, Sep 06 '18 at 14:00
Oh I see literally just starting python an hour ago Thank u so much — Owen Wong, Sep 06 '18 at 14:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 06 '18 at 13:55

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i-- doesn't work in python. -- is no existing operator. You could use i -= 1 for example.

answered Sep 06 '18 at 13:55

Stef van der Zon

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