Sometimes the error may be located one or two lines before where the caret symbol is shown because Python may not have discovered the error until then. Traceback is a Python report of the location and type of error. The word traceback suggests a programmer trace back in the code to find the error if the error is not seen right away.
Traceback
The caret character (^) shows where Python found the error.
Source & attribution
Introduction to Python Programming — Error messages
OpenStax contributors · OpenStax, Rice University
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