Why is my code not compiling

Question

I am just learning Python and decided to write a really simple Python bot to reply on Reddit.

On compiling I am getting the following error:

File "C:\Python35\Scripts\RedditBot\Reddit.py", line 28 except attributeerror: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I am unable to see what is causing this as the code looks correct to me.

import praw

USERAGENT = "BOT Name"
USERNAME = "Username"
PASSWORD = "Password"
SUBREDDIT = "Subreddit"
MAXPOSTS = 100

SETPHRASES = ["Phrase", "PhraseOne"]
SETRESPONSE = "This is the response."

print('Logging in to Reddit')
r = praw.Reddit(USERAGENT)
r.login (USERNAME, PASSWORD)

def replybot():
    print('Fetching Subreddit ' + SUBREDDIT)
    subreddit = r.get_subreddit(SUBREDDIT)
    print('Fetching comments')
    comments = subreddit.get_comments(limit=MAXPOSTS)
    for comment in comments:
        try:
            cauthor = comment.author.name
            cbody = comment.body.lower()
            if any(key.lower() in cbody for key in SETPHRASES):
                print("Replying to " + cauthor)
                comment.reply(SETRESPONSE)
            except attributeerror:
                pass
replybot()

Also looks like `attributeerror` should be `AttributeError` to avoid another problem. — sytech, Oct 21 '16 at 07:29
And it looks like you put your own scripts in the Python installation folder. Don't do that. — Matthias, Oct 21 '16 at 08:38

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '16 at 07:34

You are having two problems.

First one, which is displayed in traceback, is the indentation. "try" and "except" must be on the same level of indentation.
Second one is the reference to attributeerror. It need's to be camelcased as in AttributeError.

So the inside of your for loop should look as follows:

try:
   cauthor = comment.author.name
   cbody = comment.body.lower()
   if any(key.lower() in cbody for key in SETPHRASES):
      print("Replying to " + cauthor)
      comment.reply(SETRESPONSE)
except AttributeError:
   pass

Thanks. I will be more careful with my cases and indentation going forward. — Legend1989, Oct 21 '16 at 08:01

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