Function argument syntax

[Lingaselvan]

The arguments to many functions in the code is passed like : "def update_relevancies(self, new_relevancies: pd.DataFrame):"

When I tried to run this code, I get "SyntaxError: invalid syntax" error message.

I changed the argument passing to "def update_relevancies(self, new_relevancies = pd.DataFrame):" replacing : with = and then there was no error message.

Is this due to difference in the Python version or due to another issue?

[danthe96]

Hi Lingaselvan,

Sorry for the very late response, as I didn't get a notification for this.
The : pd.DataFrame is a type hint first introduced in Python 3.5, you will have to use at least that version to run HiCS. Hope this helps.