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My friend's first Python script crashed because they used '=' instead of '==' in an if statement.
They spent two hours debugging before I spotted it. That single character difference is such a common trip-up when you're starting out. What other tiny syntax errors gave you the most grief early on?
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eric_carr7mo ago
Two hours for one typo seems like overkill lol.
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thomasw487mo ago
Actually, two hours for that is pretty normal when you're new. You don't know what you're looking for yet, so you check everything. The error message doesn't say "wrong operator in line 5." You have to learn how to read those messages. My early one was forgetting the colon at the end of a for loop. It just looks like part of the line until you know.
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roseb476mo ago
Right? My first time I spent forever on a missing comma in a list. It just looks like part of the next item until it clicks.
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