#🔒 why am I getting parsing failed invalid syntax line 2

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covert meadow
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from Assignment7 import passwordToHashed()
password = input("Please enter a password: ")
hashedPassword = hashedPassword(password)
myFile = open("newFile.txt","w")
myFile.write(hashedPassword + '\n')
myFile.close()
ionic topazBOT
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covert meadow
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if I delete the () at the end of line 2 it gives me no name passwordToHashed in module Assignment7 eventhough there literally is

glacial oyster
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Can you send the contents of Assignment7?

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```py
^^^ backticks, not quotes `

covert meadow
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assignment 7 :

import hashlib
def passwordToHashed(password):
         hashedPassword = password.encode("utf-8")
          myMD5Hash = hashlib.md5()
          myMD5Hash.update(hashedPassword)
           hashedPassword = myMD5Hash.hexdigest()
           return(hashedPassword)
glacial oyster
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cannot reproduce the import error, have you made sure your file is saved?

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covert meadow
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I believe I just saved them both

hushed perch
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@covert meadow your indentations are not all aligned. You need them all the same.

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Indents only change when you place code inside something, like inside a def, an if, a while and so forth.

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It would help to see the SyntaxError itself in all its glory.

covert meadow
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They're not aligned because I typed them out and not copy paste into here

hushed perch
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Right. But you need to fix this.

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Oh. You mean they're aligned in the real code?

covert meadow
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yes

hushed perch
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Can you not copy/paste the real code here?

covert meadow
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Its on my laptop

hushed perch
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Run discord on the laptop? Just wondering.

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Take a good photo?

covert meadow
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I will

hushed perch
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Ah. Drop the () from the import. You're importing a name, not calling the name.

covert meadow
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now I get a using variable hashedPassword before assignment on line 4

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do i move it to line 3?

glacial oyster
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do you mean to use the function you defined in Assignment7?

hushed perch
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Need to see it. It's obscured. And you need to say which file elicits the error.

covert meadow
hushed perch
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hashedPassword and passwordToHased are different words.

glacial oyster
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This assignment is probably trying to teach you how to use functions from different files yes?

covert meadow
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I know why its messed up

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