4. Missing colon Errors

4.1. If: Missing colon

If the colon is left out from the end of the if line, an error occurs.

A red triangle shows where the colon should have been.

from microbit import *

# if button_a.is_pressed():
if button_a.is_pressed()
    display.scroll('A')

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4.2. Elif: Missing colon

If the colon is left out from the end of the elif line, an error occurs.

A red triangle shows where the colon should have been.

from microbit import *

if button_a.is_pressed():
    display.scroll('A')
# elif:
elif
    display.scroll('X')

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4.3. Else: Missing colon

If the colon is left out from the end of the else line, an error occurs.

A red triangle shows where the colon should have been.

from microbit import *

if button_a.is_pressed():
    display.scroll('A')
# else:
else
    display.scroll('X')

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4.4. While: Missing colon

If the colon is left out from the end of the while line, an error occurs.

A red triangle shows where the colon should have been.

from microbit import *

while True
    display.scroll("A")

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4.5. For: Missing colon

If the colon is left out from the end of the for line, an error occurs.

A red triangle shows where the colon should have been.

from microbit import *

for num in range(5)
    display.scroll(num)