syntax error on list.sort()

[jjordan33]

Hi,

I'm trying to sort a list of floats by descending order, and I am not sure why I'm getting a syntax error. I am using exactly what I found online.

probs = []
n = int(input())

for i in range(n): 
    probs.append(float(input().split()[1])

probs.sort(reverse = True) #also tried newprobs = sorted(probs, reverse=True)

tot = 0

for k in range(n):
    tot += probs[k] * (k + 1)
    
print(tot)

What am I missing? Isn't that the right syntax?

[ichabod801]

You're missing a close parenthesis (')') on line 5. Always look to the previous line on syntax errors.

[jjordan33]

aha!
Thank you!

[jefsummers]

You are short one closing parenthesis on the line before (the probs.append... line).