Question

How do you type multiple commands?
Ex:
string1 = str(input("Type in a string: "))print ("The string is", len string1), "characters long.")
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Answer 1

each statement goes on a line by itself.

Answer 2

How do you create a new line without pressing enter?

Answer 3

You cannot. Why don't you want to hit enter?

Answer 4

Your example wouldn't be possible as one statement. You must capture string1 as input before counting its length - two statements therefore two lines. There is a new line "\n" character but that is for output, not for coding.

Answer 5

I think what is happening is that you are typing in the interpreter(shell) because in the interpreter when u hit enter it runs your command. To make a program you have to make a textfile. To do this go up to file, new window or press "ctrl+n". This is where you type your programs then go to the run tab at the top or press F5 to run it