Unfortunately, in this case, it is 100% of the information I am giving you. You can try it yourself. The code is in the first section (8.1) of
http://programarcadegames.com/index.php?chapter=introduction_to_animation&lang=en#section_8 Just copy and paste it into your Python IDLE and let me know what you get ... On Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 2:19:26 PM UTC+8, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 05:02 pm, Cai Gengyang wrote: > > > Any idea how to correct this error ? Looks fine to me .... > > As usual, the first and most important rule of debugging is to use ALL the > information the compiler gives you. Where is the rest of the traceback? At > the very least, even if nothing else, the compiler will print its best > guess at the failed line with a caret ^ pointing at the place it realised > there was an error. > > Asking us to debug your problem without giving us ALL the information is > like that old joke: > > > A man makes an appointment at the doctor because he isn't feeling > well. He goes in to see the doctor, who says "So, Mr Smith, what > seems to be the problem?" > > The man says "You're the medical expert, you tell me." > > > I do not think it is possible to get the error message you claim from > running the code you show. I think there is more code that you haven't > shown us, and that the error is there. > > The only way I can reproduce the error message you give is by using the > compile() function: > > py> compile("a=1\nb=2", "", "single") > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "<string>", line 1 > a=1 > ^ > SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement > > > Notice how the compiler shows the offending line and puts a caret ^ at the > end? > > Unless you show us what code actually causes this error message, I don't > think it is possible to help you. We're not mind-readers. > > > > > > -- > Steve > “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure > enough, things got worse. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
