Getting help

When you have a problem with Python, you're not alone! There are many places to ask for help in.

IRC

IRC is the oldest chatting service I know, but as of 2018, it's still in use, and a great way to get help in Python. You don't need to register anywhere, just click one of the links below and you're good to go.

##learnpython and ##python-friendly are beginner-friendly Python support channels. In my experience, people here tend to understand beginners' problems better, so you probably want to go to one of these.
#python is the official Python channel. If you have questions about advanced topics or you need help quickly, go there. However, this channel requires registering on freenode.

Make your question short. If you want to post a code example that is more than two lines long, post it here first. Just copy-paste your code to the big text area and click the "Paste it" button, and then post a link to your paste on IRC.

Do this:

<you>   i'm trying to check if this variable equals one but i keep
        getting an error http://dpaste.com/yourpaste

Don't do this:

<you>   HEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
<you>     File "hello.py", line 3
<you>       if a = b:
<you>            ^
<you>   SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Websites to ask help on

Personally, I've never asked a question on any of these sites. Getting help on IRC is much faster.

stackoverflow is a question/answer site for programmers. Search for your question first, maybe someone has already asked that and it has been answered.
At the time of writing this, the learnpython subreddit is another good place to ask Python questions on.

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