Python3, What is the SyntaxError: File “/home/main.py”, line 1 /*********************************

Question

I keep getting this problem every time I try to use compiler, with any program.  What gives?

I notice the Hello World program that opens in the compiler has this as a first line, but mine does not.??

Answer 1

The line

/************

is a (beginning of a) comment in C/C++/C#/Java and other languages. In Python, that is not a comment and causes a syntax error. Just delete all the comments with the welcome message.

In Python, you start a comment with the hash symbol: #. Alternatively, you can mark things as a string literal that would have a similar effect as a comment if you never assign it to a variable:

# This is a comment
''' This also works as a comment '''
print('Hello!')

If you still have problems that you cannot overcome, please, share your entire code.

Good luck!