SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print' (Python)

SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print' (Python) #

The Python "SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(...)?" occurs when we forget to call print() as a function. To solve the error, call the print function with parentheses, e.g. print('hello world').

Here is an example of how the error occurs.

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name = 'Alice'

# ⛔️ SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(...)?
print 'hello ' + name

The code above uses print as a statement, which is the older syntax that was used in Python 2.

From Python 3 onwards, print() is now a function and should be called with parentheses.

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name = 'Alice'

print('hello ' + name)  # 👉️ "hello Alice"

We called the print() function using parentheses and passed it the string we want to print.

You can also specify a sep (separator) keyword argument if you need to.

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print('a', 'b', 'c', sep="_")  # 👉️ "a_b_c"

print('a', 'b', 'c', sep="_", end="!!!")  # 👉️ "a_b_c!!!"

The string we passed for the end keyword argument is inserted at the end of the string.

The print() function is commonly used with formatted string literals.

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name = 'Alice'

salary = 100

# Employee name:
#  Alice
#  salary: 200
print(f'Employee name: \n {name} \n salary: {salary * 2}')

Formatted string literals (f-strings) let us include expressions inside of a string by prefixing the string with f.

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my_str = 'is subscribed:'

my_bool = True

result = f'{my_str} {my_bool}'

print(result)  # 👉️ is subscribed: True

Make sure to wrap expressions in curly braces - {expression}.

Conclusion #

The Python "SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(...)?" occurs when we forget to call print() as a function. To solve the error, call the print function with parentheses, e.g. print('hello world').