Spent 4 hours debugging a missing semicolon last night

I was working on a simple Python script for my class project and kept getting a syntax error. After like 4 hours of checking every line, I finally noticed I forgot a colon after my for loop statement. It was literally one character but broke everything. Has anyone else spent way too long on something this small? I feel like these are the moments that teach you the most though.

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diana51212d ago

Why not just use an editor that highlights syntax errors?

ruby_henderson3611d ago

Syntax highlighting doesn't fix spelling errors though.

linda_dixon4912d ago

My brain still finds ways to miss typos even with syntax highlighting, so I guess I just enjoy the struggle.