Problem with code from automate the boring stuff

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def spam():
eggs = ‘spam local’
print (eggs(

def bacon():
eggs = ‘bacon local’
print (eggs)
spam()
print (eggs)

eggs = ‘global’
bacon()
print (eggs)

line 5 is ‘invalid syntax’

I am a brand newbie

ps - I couldn’t figure out how to show the indentations but they are in my code

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Welcome to the forum. To highlight your script as it appears on your terminal, select the entire script that you have posted then click the </> symbol above.

So, just referencing your script, there is a misspelling:

should be:
print (eggs)

The closing brace in your script is backwards.

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Hi, I’m the author of Automate. Thanks to Paul for solving this.

A lot of the syntax errors that you get are from one-character or other simple typos like these: unclosed parentheses/brackets, missing commas/periods/colons, and out of order keywords. It helps to use an editor that will detect these in real time (kind of like spell check in a word processor) so you can immediately have it called to your attention.

Good luck on your programming journey!