Statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons ошибка

Microsoft’s Python team released Pylance in early 2018 to support Python IntelliSense in Visual Studio Code. “Statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons” is a hint message when coding in Pylance. Therefore, this message appears only when you code Python in Visual Studio Code. This article will explain this message and discuss how to avoid it while programming.

When does the message “Statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons” appear?

This error happens when you attempt to run two Python commands on the same line without properly separating them. This indicates that the code missing newlines or semicolons between statements. For example, If you use two print commands on the same line, VScode will display this message in the PROBLEMS tab.

name = 'LearnShareIT'
url = 'learnshareit.com'

# Use 2 print commands on the same line
print(name) print(url)

In VScode’s PROBLEMS tab:

If you try to run the code, Python will throw the following error:

    print(name) print(url)
                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

This problem can also occur if you forget to use round brackets in the print statement. As an example:

name = 'LearnShareIT'
url = 'learnshareit.com'

# Use the print command without the round brackets
print name

PROBLEMS:

Error:

    print name
          ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'

How to fix this problem?

Using the correct syntax

If you get this problem, you’re attempting to write multiple lines of code without following proper syntax. Double-check your code to ensure you’re using the correct Python syntax when you receive this message. In our example, make sure to use the correct print function syntax. The print function must include parentheses.

name = 'LearnShareIT'
url = 'learnshareit.com'

# Use the correct syntax of print()
print(name)

PROBLEMS:

No problems have been detected in the workspace.

Output:

LearnShareIT

Using a newline or semicolon

We can also use a newline or semicolon to correct this problem. This tells Python that you want the code to be executed in separate statements. To do this, simply press the enter key after each line of code or use semicolons to separate statements on one line. For a better understanding, look at the two sample code snippets below.

name = 'LearnShareIT'
url = 'learnshareit.com'

# Use the newline to separate statements
print(name)
print(url)

PROBLEMS:

No problems have been detected in the workspace.

Output:

LearnShareIT
learnshareit.com

name = 'LearnShareIT'
url = 'learnshareit.com'

# Use the semicolon to separate statements
print(name); print(url)

PROBLEMS:

No problems have been detected in the workspace.

Output:

LearnShareIT
learnshareit.com

Summary

When you encounter the problem “Statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons“, in that case, it may be because you copied and pasted code from another source without properly formatting it, or you tried to run Python code that’s not properly formatted. To correct this problem, read the message line and use newlines or semicolons where needed. Although a semicolon has the same results as a newline, we recommend using a newline to separate statements because it is a coding convention in Python.

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Python is a general-purpose, versatile, and high-level programming language used for creating web applications, game applications, computer graphics, data visualization, task automation, creating software, and data analysis. It is one of the easiest and most human-readable programming languages. It is ideal for beginners because of its easy-to-use syntax, and that’s the reason it is the most learned language all over the world. When you are working with Python, you may encounter the error message “statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons”.

Do not worry when you get this error as we are here you help you solve the error in the simplest way possible. Continue reading the post to get the error solved. But first, let’s check out how the error occurs

How the error shows up

When you are trying to print text, you end up with the following error:

Statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons

You may have python code similar to this:

After typing this, you get the following error warning:

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

You must be wondering what measures you need to take to get rid of the error warning. Have a look at the option to fix the error

To get the issue fixed, you need to understand that an argument is a value passed when you call a function. There is a difference between parameters and arguments, which is usually a bit confusing, especially for beginners whether a parameter is enclosed in the parenthesis of a function or not. It is to remember that most of the functions need to have arguments that should be separated by commas along with parenthesis surrounded.

It is also suggested to remove the error to avoid any space between the left parenthesis and the name of the function if parameters are required. You need to make sure the syntax rules need to be followed along with text strings with quotation (“”) marks. Parenthesis can be placed with arithmetical expressions as well as arguments of the function enclosed. When using parenthesis to enclose arithmetic expressions, you also highlight the order of the operations. 

To simply get rid of the error warning you are getting, you just need to use enclosed arguments. It should be done using the enclosed arguments. Just like the following:

Once you follow and implement it, you can simply fix the issue. It is definitely a solution you need to try as it is an efficient way.

Conclusion

And that’s how you can fix the error “statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons”.  I hope you enjoyed the post and find the solution useful.

I wish you all the best!

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Environment data

• Language Server version: v2021.10.0
• OS and version: Windows 10 Pro
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Python 3.9 with a Virtual environment

Expected behaviour

The «Statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons» error does not show.

Actual behaviour

The «Statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons» shows.

Logs

I get no additional output when putting "python.analysis.logLevel": "Trace" in my settings.json. If I had to guess, kivy, the GUI library I am using, is interfering with the output.

Code Snippet / Additional information

from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout
from kivy.uix.button import Button
from kivy.uix.dropdown import DropDown
from kivy.uix.spinner import Spinner
from kivy.uix.splitter import Splitter

class RightLayout(Splitter):
    def __init__(self, root, **kwargs):
        super(RightLayout, self).__init__(**kwargs)

        self.root = root

        self.sizable_from = 'left'
        self.min_size = 15
        self.max_size = 270

        self.layout = BoxLayout(orientation = 'vertical')
        self.add_widget(self.layout)

Pylance complains that the last line would throw an error regardless of what I do. Adding a semicolon temporarily fixes it, however the error comes back whenever I add a new line. Python does not report a syntax error or any error whatsoever.