I'm in Python 3.3 and I'm only entering these 3 lines:
import sklearn as sk
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
I'm getting this error:
SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement
What could I be doing wrong?
Edit: If anyone comes across this question, the solution I found was to download Idlex and use its IDLE version, which allows multiple lines.
Screenshot: http://imgur.com/AJSrhhD
In the shell, you can't execute more than one statement at a time:
>>> x = 5
y = 6
SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement
You need to execute them one by one:
>>> x = 5
>>> y = 6
>>>
When you see multiple statements are being declared, that means you're seeing a script, which will be executed later. But in the interactive interpreter, you can't do more than one statement at a time.
A (partial) practical work-around is to put things into a throw-away function.
Pasting
x = 1
x += 1
print(x)
results in
>>> x = 1
x += 1
print(x)
File "<stdin>", line 1
x += 1
print(x)
^
SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement
>>>
However, pasting
def abc():
x = 1
x += 1
print(x)
works:
>>> def abc():
x = 1
x += 1
print(x)
>>> abc()
2
>>>
Of course, this is OK for a quick one-off, won't work for everything you might want to do, etc. But then, going to ipython / jupyter qtconsole is probably the next simplest option.
