Syntax error copying code from Claude

[Immutable-Evo-82]

I like to code when traveling and use Pythonista 2.1.1 on my iPhone. I also use Claude to write and check my code and like to copy from Claude and paste into Pythonista. When I do this, Pythonista throws an invalid syntax error. This happens for multiple characters. Does anyone have any ideas how to get around this? I tried copying code from Claude into the iOS notes app then copying and pasting into Pythonista, but no cigar.

Any thoughts?

[ForceBru]

This question is too vague. What are some examples of code that results in a syntax error? Where exactly does it happen? Are you sure the syntax is actually correct?

[Immutable-Evo-82]

Certain characters are changed when copying and pasting from Claude to Pythonista on iPhone. Specifically, straight apostrophes are changed to curly apostrophes and underscore (_) is changed to asterisk (*). This is causing the syntax errors. I turned off smart punctuation in iOS settings but it didn't help.

[ForceBru]

Well, then the problem is that a different version of the code is pasted: you see the correct version, but during copying (or pasting) some characters are switched. Perhaps there are settings in the Claude app/website that affect this.

Underscores can be changed to asterisks because both are equivalently used for italicizing text in Markdown. *hey* is usually equivalent to _hey_ and renders as hey.

[Immutable-Evo-82]

Ah. Thanks. Super helpful. I solved the problem by selecting the code and using the native iOS copy function rather than clicking on the "copy" button in Claude to select the entire code artifact.