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Python Python Basics Types and Branching If, Else and Elif

Posted by Arsham Sarshogh
Arsham Sarshogh
3,164 Points

elif syntax error

Hi , while i was testing the code i face the error which says elif first_name == "arsham": SyntaxError = invalid syntax here is my code:

first_name = input("what is your firstname? ") print("hello" , first_name) if first_name == "Craig": print(first_name, "is learning python")
elif first_name == "arsham": print("you should learn python") else: print(first_name , "will start learning python")

4 Answers

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Hi Arsham,

I have just started learning Python as well, so I cannot explain why your version is actually not working...

I just know that if you use the .format function it works. And that is what is being used in that course:

So with format it would look like this and worked when I tried:

first_name = input("what is your firstname? ")
print("hello {}".format(first_name))
if first_name == "Craig":
    print("{} is learning python".format(first_name))
elif first_name == "arsham":
    print("you should learn python")
else:
    print("{} will start learning python".format(first_name))

And surely someone else can point out why it does not work to use the concatenation as you did. Because I have no idea why and would be curious to know as well... :-)

Happy coding!

Nils

Arsham Sarshogh
Arsham Sarshogh
3,164 Points
Arsham Sarshogh
Arsham Sarshogh
3,164 Points

thanks for all of the replies guys, the problem was in indenting the else. i got it fixed.

Martin Kallas
Martin Kallas
4,342 Points
Martin Kallas
Martin Kallas
4,342 Points

Hi Arsham,

Are you sure you quit REPL? Type "exit()" and then try to run your code again.

Robin Versloot
Robin Versloot
7,326 Points
Robin Versloot
Robin Versloot
7,326 Points

Try to print a variable then put a + and then the string.

Example: Print("welcome to Python" + first_name)