Question

So I have the following code:

from random import *  
def main():  
    die1 = randint(1,6)  
    die2 = randint(1,6)     
    dietotal = die1 + die2  
    print dietotal  
main()

Now I am expecting a random integer that is the summation of die1 and die2. What I get, however, is a syntax error which highlights dietotal in the print statement. All randint does is return a random integer so I shouldn’t have a problem here. Why am I getting this syntax error?

Answer 1

Probably you’re using Python 3, and that’s a Python 2 style print statement. For example:

localhost-2:coding $ python3 dierand.py
  File "dierand.py", line 7
    print dietotal
                 ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

but

localhost-2:coding $ python2.7 dierand.py
10

In Python 3, print is a function, not a statement, and so you need parentheses:

print(dietotal)