Python - probability calculator runtime error

Python
#1

Hi, I am starting to code this project but see the following error on the console when I hit run:
File “README.md”, line 3
This is the boilerplate for the Probability Calculator project. Instructions for building your project can be found at https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/scientific-computing-with-python/scientific-computing-with-python-projects/probability-calculator
^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

However, if I use the debugger I can step through the program as expected.

Any ideas why this is happening?

thanks,

Mike

#2

When you first loaded the replit starter, you accidentally specified for the run command to be the README.md file. Basically, you did not follow the instructions:

  • Start by importing the project on Replit.
  • Next, you will see a .replit window.
  • Select Use run command and click the Done button.

The last part is what you did not do. The easiest fix is to copy your code into a new starter template and make sure you do that last instruction.

#3

Thanks Randall! Sorry for not following the instructions

#4

It is easy to skip over that detail.

#5

Instead of starting a whole new replit, you can simply:
-in the file pane on the left, to the right of the new file & new folder buttons, click the vertical … button to show more options, choose ‘show hidden files’
-now edit the .replit file’s first line to:

run = “python3 main.py”

yours probably instead says the following if you accidentally clicked the wrong one at the start:

run = “python3 readme.md”

#6

Thanks Caius,

Good to know, I figured there must be a way to change the starting file.

Mike