Subj : Re: Error message
To   : Charles Pierson
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Feb 06 2021 12:13:48

Hi Charles,

On 2021-02-05 21:57:12, you wrote to me:

 Wv>>  CP> python scraping.py
 Wv>>  CP> File "scraping.py", line 5
 Wv>>  CP>   def
 Wv>>  CP> hackernews_rss('https://news.ycombinator.com/rss'):
 Wv>>  CP>                                        ^
 Wv>>  CP>  SyntaxError: invalid
 Wv>>  CP> syntax
 Wv>>
 Wv>>
 Wv>>
 Wv>>  CP> The code is:
 Wv>>
 Wv>>  CP> # scraping function
 Wv>>  CP> def hackernews_rss('https://news.ycombinator.com/rss'):
 Wv>>
 Wv>> There should be a variable there between the (), not a constant in
 Wv>> this function definition.

 CP> Ah, so my source is wrong.

I don't know your source, so I can't comment on that. ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.

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