Types of errors

Types of errors

Syntax errors:
- Break the rules of the language, meaning the program won’t run (e.g. misspelled keywords (‘pritn’ instead of ‘print’), missing punctuation, or incorrect indentation).

print(“Hello # Syntax error

Logic errors:
- Occur when the program runs but gives wrong results, caused by incorrect algorithm structure or flawed reasoning in the code (e.g. using >= instead of >, or an incorrect loop range).
- These can be harder to find because there are no error messages

age = 10

if age > 18:

print(“Child”) # Logic error

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