Visual Studio Code shows invalid syntax for "end" parameter in print()

Question

I'm trying to run this Python program with Visual Studio Code:

# This Python program must be run with
# Python 3 as it won't work with 2.7.
ends the output with a <space>
print("Welcome to" , end = ' ')
print("GeeksforGeeks", end = ' ')

But while building I get following output and error messages in console:

$ python /home/mrrobot/Documents/Python/loop_while.py
  File "/home/mrrobot/Documents/Python/loop_while.py", line 5
    print("Welcome to" , end = ' ')
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

What could be the problem here? How can I fix it?

Does this answer your question? Python script that runs in Windows throws "" error in Ubuntu The specific error is different but the situation is pretty much the same. As the comments in the code say, the code is Python 3 and it does not work when run with a Python 2 interpreter. VS Code shows what interpreter you're using on the lower left of the window as Python 2. Furthermore, you're using the python command, which in Ubuntu is still nearly always Python 2. Use python3 instead and the program should work. — Eliah Kagan, Aug 10 '20 at 07:49

Raphael Nazirullah · Answer 1 · 2020-08-12T12:36:01.393

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As @Eliah Kagan pointed out, the error occurs because your VS Code is using Python 2 as the interpreter. Switch to Python 3 interpreter in your VS Code and it should work.

P.S. Free PEP style tip: Write print('something', end=' '). When giving default values to parameters, avoid spacing around the = operator.

edited Aug 12 '20 at 12:36

answered Aug 12 '20 at 12:30

Raphael Nazirullah

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Visual Studio Code shows invalid syntax for "end" parameter in print()

ends the output with a <space>

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