[FIXED] SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing from function that was working

Issue

in my setup scripts a function I've used for a year now is suddenly broken. I cut and pasted it into ipython to see if it was the file, but I'm getting a general syntax error where not only is no error visible, but the function that used to work hasn't changed

In [8]: def gather(msg=None, default=None):
   ...:         while True:
   ...:                 text = msg + '\n'
   ...:                 if default:
   ...:                         text += "the default is {default}...press enter to accept\n".format(default=default)
   ...:                         answer = input(text)
   ...:                         return answer or default
   ...:                 answer = input(text)
   ...:                 if not answer:
   ...:                         continue
   ...:                 return answer
   ...:     

In [9]: EMAIL       = gather(msg='What is your work email?', default='[email protected]')
What is your work email?
the default is [email protected] enter to accept

  File "<string>", line unknown

    ^
SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

Here is the func

def gather(msg=None, default=None):
    while True:
        text = msg + '\n'
        if default:
            text += "the default is {default}...press enter to accept\n".format(default=default)
            answer = input(text)
            return answer or default
        answer = input(text)
        if not answer:
            continue
        return answer

I was using python 2, same as before. Why did this break? Thank you

Solution

The problem is

answer = input(text)

In python 2.7 you want to use raw_input(...) rather than input(...)

Answered By - Chad S.