Just saw my first 'Hello World' program run after a week of trying

I kept getting a syntax error from a missing semicolon, but fixing that one line made the whole thing work. Has anyone else had a tiny mistake block them for way too long?

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bettyk532mo ago

Missing semicolons are the worst, right?

pat_park1mo ago

What about when you get the semicolon right but the error message points to a totally different line? @thomas105 mentioned wrong quote types, and that's another one where the real problem hides. Does your brain just refuse to see the mistake after staring at it for an hour?

thomas1052mo ago

Missing semicolons are the classic... but a single wrong quote type can haunt you for days.