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Invalid character in identifier

I have some code that includes:

def analysis_result (results):
 keys = analysis.keys ()
 values = list(analysis.values ())
 values.sort (reverse = True )
 # More code...

But I get an error from the values = list(analysis.values ()) line that says SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier. Why? What is wrong with the code, and how do I fix it?

Note carefully that retyping the code as it appears does not cause a SyntaxError, but copying and pasting it does.

_{The error here is due to non-printing text that cannot be seen in the code example. Do not close the question as not reproducible, and take special care when editing. At some prior point in the question's history, it was edited to try to "show" the invalid character by using a backslash escape sequence. This does not work; we can only see this by treating the code as a string and asking Python for a string representation. While it would also be incorrect to type code that uses backslash escape sequences, the error message would be different.}

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I also got this error as a result of copy/pasting code from a gmail draft.

maurice
– maurice

2019年10月14日 20:34:50 +00:00
Commented Oct 14, 2019 at 20:34

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