What are syntaxes?

[norona]

Hello everyone,

this is my first post in this forum, I am trying to learn python and really struggling with some things. No matter how silly my questions may sound, i am not here to troll or waste anyone's time.

Could someone please explain what syntax is or give me an example?

TIA, much appreciated.

[Larz60+]

syntax is the set of rules (grammar) used to analyze the syntax of a language.
It's not a single entity.

[jefsummers]

Syntax refers to the structural rules of a language. For example, an assignment statement has a variable, then an equal sign, then what you want put into that variable.

variable = 2+3

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Some languages would require a semicolon at the end of that statement - that is the syntax required by Java, C, and others for example.
Python does not require semicolons but "whitespace" - especially indentation - matters.
So another example, the syntax for a for loop is to use the keyword "for", then a variable that will be a counter (or an underscore), the keyword "in" then an iterable and a colon. The lines that you want repeated in the loop are then indented (preferably 4 spaces). You signal the end of that loop by not indenting. That is the syntax for a for loop

for counting_item in range(4):
    print(f'In loop {counting_item}')
print('Out of loop')

So each statement has its own syntax, or format

[Yoriz]

A tax you pay for your syn's

[norona]

Thank you so much for the replies and help. Really into this but my first days with any coding. Again, much appreciated