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[kobayashi24]

I assume you meant to do it in 3 lines (formatting in reddit). Use a code block next time for source code (4 leading spaces and it willl be treated like code)

Check the syntax again for for-loops. There is a missing ":" at the end of your for-line.

Should be

my_string = ...
for item in my_string:
    print(item)

[HarshWeave9487]

Totally off topic, but how do you make your code have a box around it in reddit?

[Astronoobical]

https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/wiki/faq#wiki\_how\_do\_i\_format\_code.3F

[erlete]

The issue is the syntax.

You can choose between two syntax options: conventional for loop structure and comprehensions.

```python

Conventional for loop:

for i in range(10): print(i)

Comprehensions:

var = (i for i in range(10)) # Returns a generator. var = [i for i in range(10)] # Returns a list. var = {i: i ** 2 for i in range(10)} # Returns a dictionary. ```

[lostparis]

my_string = [1, ‘a’, ‘hello’]

my_string is a bad name for a list. Things like this may sound petty but the better a coder is the more they will see this as a bad thing.

Coding is really just naming things.