why() ====== You read some interesting code found in a tutorial on the web and decide to try it out by copy-pasting it. .. image:: images/why_1.png :scale: 60 % :alt: Screen capture of syntax error So, this didn't work, but you'd like to find out a bit more information than that provided by the terse hint shown after the traceback. >>> why() Python indicates that you used some unicode characters not allowed as part of a variable name; this includes many emojis. However, I suspect that you used a fancy unicode quotation mark instead of a normal single or double quote for a string. This can happen if you copy-pasted code. When you call ``why()``, **friendly** attempts to analyze the code you entered and figure out what exactly went wrong, and quite often makes suggestions as to how to fix it.