syntax error

collocation in English

meaningsofsyntaxanderror

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syntax
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɪn.tæks/us
/ˈsɪn.tæks/
language
the grammatical arrangement of words in ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofsyntaxanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsyntax error

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No it doesn't: at most it finds asyntaxerror!
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Documents that are syntactically invalid are said to have asyntaxerror.
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A compiler will flag asyntaxerrorwhen given source code that does not meet the requirements of the language grammar.
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Indeed, it is even possible to trap the exception caused by asyntaxerror.
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If a name is used prior to variable initialization, this raises asyntaxerror.
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Asyntaxerrormay also occur when an invalid equation is entered into a calculator.
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But if no base is specified, as in 3, then one would have asyntaxerrorin its equivalent form in most other programming languages.
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If asyntaxerroroccurs or if any constraints are violated, the new row is not added to the table and an error returned instead.
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For any other lookahead or nonterminal, the parser announces asyntaxerror.
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If the operator is non-associative, the expression might be asyntaxerror, or it might have some special meaning.
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It accomplished this by giving an immediatesyntaxerror(when necessary) as soon as each line of a program was entered.
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Unlike a program with asyntaxerror, a program with a logic error is a valid program in the language, though it does not behave as intended.
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Although the overall rate of explicit disapproval was low, utterances containing syntax errors received the most disapproval.
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Analyses of individual families revealed that all children received feedback following syntax errors.
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The large number of syntax errors can be attributed to users who did not read the instructions carefully, or had typing problems.
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Due to syntax errors (typos, using floats instead of integers, wrong intervals), another 12% were cancelled.
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Exact repetitions followed well-formed speech while ill-formed speech was followed by corrective repetitions, with syntax errors receiving significantly more feedback than the other error types.
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However, with nested template declarations, there is a tendency for the programmer to neglect to place a space between the two right angle brackets, thus causing a compilersyntaxerror.
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Table 4 shows the mean percentage of corrective repetitions to syntax errors for each child across the seven family configurations.
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The lack of a type system means that we don't have to spend energy on finding and explaining type errors with the same care with which we explain syntax errors.
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