Why does the error "invalid syntax" show up when I want to run this code?

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This is my basic function I'm trying to develop as a beginner, but it isn't yet complete as I want to try and add some more code where I add the sums of 5 lists of n length on my own, but this part has been bugging me for a while. When I want to run this, all it shows is an error pop-up saying "invalid syntax" and highlighting "name", or rather the 1st letter of it.

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int name[n]
name=[]
n=int(input())
added=0
for i in range(n):
    added= added + name[i]

What I have tried:

Removing int name[n] and setting it up so that name=[n], but when I removed int name[n], suddenly python thinks that the list doesn't exist.

Posted 12-Dec-21 11:21am

Messa Tee

Updated 12-Dec-21 22:45pm

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CPallini 13-Dec-21 2:24am

What are you trying to do?

Messa Tee 13-Dec-21 2:39am

Wanted to have it so that the code prints the sum of the list of n length.

CPallini 13-Dec-21 3:13am

OK, but your code didn't assign any value to the items of the list.

Messa Tee 13-Dec-21 3:29am

So I'm supposed to append?

CPallini 13-Dec-21 4:00am

Well, you are supposed to add some values to the list.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2021-12-12T22:45:00

Solution 3

Your code makes little sense and looks like it was copied from someone who does not know Python. I suggest you go to The Python Tutorial — Python 3.9.9 documentation[^] where you can learn the language in easy steps.

Posted 12-Dec-21 22:45pm

Richard MacCutchan

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2021-12-12T20:22:00

Solution 2

Take out the line:

Python

int name[n]

That is a "C style" declaration, not Python.
The line below it serves to declare the collection.

Posted 12-Dec-21 20:22pm

OriginalGriff

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