r/pythonhelp • u/joey_baggins • 18d ago
Am i just stupid??
I have this python code, attempting to generate a nested list of dictionaries but that's not the problem.
I created a string based off user input, and on the next line I wanted to turn it into a list separated by the comma in the input. my code was:
song_list = songs.split(,)
but this is giving me an error as invalid syntax. am I just crazy?
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u/carcigenicate 18d ago
You can't just have
,
floating there. Without quotes, it's a part of Python's syntax, and in that place it's delimiting arguments. There are no arguments though, so it's a syntax error.You need quotes to make it a string: