Question

fp=open("us-counties.2.txt","r") #open file for reading
fout=open('Linsey.Prichard.County.Seats.Manipulated.txt','w') #file for writting
states=[i.strip() for i in fp.readlines()] #read the lines
try:
#aplit values and write into file
a,b=state.split(',')
print(a,b)
#write into file
fout.write(a+":"+b+"\n")\
except Exception#if we dont have two names (For a line like KENTUCKY or OHIO, It continues)
Pass

evaluate Data. Manipulation.py]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/Prichard/Data. Manipulation.py", line 10, in <module>
except Exception#if we dont have two names (For a line like KENTUCKY or OHIO, It continues)
Syntax Error: invalid syntax: <string>, line 10, pos 9

Can someone tell me why I am getting this error?

Answer 1

From the error it seems that you missed out the syntax of line 10, which is except block. This error will raise when you miss proper indendation or : .There is no colon used after except keyword. If you want to take up the exception, you can use "except Exception as e:" something like that. I will rewrite the code for you.

fp=open("us-counties.2.txt","r") #open file for reading
fout=open('Linsey.Prichard.County.Seats.Manipulated.txt','w') #file for writting
states=[i.strip() for i in fp.readlines()] #read the lines
try:
  #split values and write into file
  a,b=state.split(',')
  print(a,b)
  #write into file
  fout.write(a+":"+b+"\n")
except Exception as e: #You can use "except:" also#if we dont have two names (For a line like KENTUCKY or OHIO, It continues)
  pass

Follow the above code. It will definitely work for you.

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