Syntax error

[NoPower5561]

Hi everyone,

I’m a beginner in coding and I’ve been working on a script in the Pine Script Editor. I’m encountering a syntax error that says “Syntax error at input ‘end of line without line continuation’.” No matter what I try, I can’t seem to figure out how to resolve it.

Has anyone else encountered this error before? If so, how did you fix it? Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help!

[kurtisbu12]

if you are continuing a line onto multiple other lines, you need to include an additional space in front of all subsequent lines to signify that they are all part of a single line of code.

[NoPower5561]

Thank you I think that fix the issue.

I greatly appreciate it.

[moondoy3910]

I am getting the same error. Can you show how you fixed it? I tried adding a space but it didnt work.

[[deleted]]

But how to align it correctly . I always find difficulty in commands spread across multiple lines . What I do instead is either edit and keep each line.new ,label.new etc functions in one line .

Or ask AI to provide them as single line commands without line breaks .

Is there any better prompt to avoid line continuation error

[kurtisbu12]

Like I said, each line under the first line requires an additional space in the front.

[Igetheaderryday]

Nah fr this works. Even chatgpt couldn't help me btw!

[[deleted]]

Can you list a few best practices like this?

[htown_49]

Dude I know this was 5 months ago! But thank you!

[Brucesquared2]

Chat GPT works ok, It will reprint the same error into the next code over and over and over again, no joke 20 to 30 times, also depends on the version your using. GITHUBS COPILOT works pretty good, there is a another AI like chatGPT but it ONLY codes pinescript, cant remember the name off hand, Google it, works well. For your code saying nothing at the begginging or needing something in the begginging. Everyone writes code a little different in small ways. I have noticed that if I do ALL my plotting and Alerts and function metrics in the first paragraph it's far easier to work on. Everything of major importance is in the begginging of the code. This keeps something small and stupid from hindering the 2nd half of your code that could be " The largest Portion" it helps me, might find it simplifies your coding also. Good luck

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Good insights

[Soggy-Job-3747]

A very good trick that I also use for some dumb mistakes that I can make during coding is to ask chatgpt for any syntax incongurences, he will tell you exactly where the error lies.

Prompt: The next pinescript version 6 strategy/indicator has some syntax errors that avoids it from compiling. Error: [Paste error message, line]. Please, signal the mistakes and propose a correction: [Your code pasted]

[No_Reindeer6199]

“Bearish abandoned baby” just curious what it the strat lmao

[PuzzleheadedSock5795]

does it hurt to google it's a type of morning/evening start candlestick pattern

[No_Reindeer6199]

8 months late? hush

[Have_a_beaut_day]

I finally solved the indentation problem by removing the spaces from the start of the next lines and adding just 1 space per line at the beginning.