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Function not working - eglaud - Oct-24-2019
Hello,
I am creating code that will allow the user to (manually) paste a list of excel cells and return a list that lacks quotation marks and duplicates. I have been wanting to do this on my own, and created code that does this - the only issue is that it's not yet a function, so not very easy to repeat. My code below is having trouble working as a function, when I run the program is skips to the second >>> and when I input my list it selects the second word of the first line, telling me "invalid syntax". I type "halp():" (the function name)and it tells me "invalid syntax", highlighting the colon. Where am I going wrong? Below is my code, and the list of fish species I am using as an input
BLACKNOSE DACE
BLUE RIDGE SCULPIN
BLUEGILL
CREEK CHUB
GREEN SUNFISH
POTOMAC SCULPIN
REDBREAST SUNFISH
ROSYSIDE DACE
WHITE SUCKER
BLACKNOSE DACE
BLUE RIDGE SCULPIN
BLUEGILL
CENTRAL STONEROLLER
CREEK CHUB
FANTAIL DARTER
GREEN SUNFISH
POTOMAC SCULPIN
PUMPKINSEED
ROSYSIDE DACE
WHITE SUCKER
from collections import OrderedDict #gives us a tool to order the list we create
def halp() :
Fish = raw_input("Paste excel data: ") #lets us input our fish species
Fi = Fish.split("\n") #creates a list based off our fish species
Fi = list (OrderedDict.fromkeys(Fi)) #removes duplicates
print '[%s]' % ', '.join(map(str, Fi)) #removes quotation marks and prints listI'm not sure what changed, but it's suddenly working!