diff --git a/lab-01/r-1.3_scratch.py b/lab-01/r-1.3_scratch.py
index 034fc93..9427c69 100644
--- a/lab-01/r-1.3_scratch.py
+++ b/lab-01/r-1.3_scratch.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 Created on Wed Sep  2 22:49:38 2026
 
 @author: joseph
-- I figured out the function after some rest. Now I want to sort out an input
-method that allows for any number of floats. I'm trying to remember without
-looking at git history, the input verification loop I had yesterday, but I'd 
-have to append converted strings to a var.'
+- The validation loop (which I just learned was called a try-except structure)
+is printing every correctly formatted float as an invalid number. After digging
+around with Spyder, I found PyLint code analysis, ran that, and found my syntax
+error: having the colon directly after except on line 27 instead of after the
+entire line.
 """
 
 def minmax(*data):
@@ -23,8 +24,7 @@ float_data = []
 for x in list_data:
     try:
         float_data.append(float(x))
-    except:ValueError
-    print(f'{x} is an invalid number')
-    
+    except ValueError:
+        print(f'{x} is an invalid number')
+
 print(float_data)
-        
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