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Christopher Buckhout
Python Development Techdegree Student 786 PointsElif Syntax Error
Hi, When I input elif first_name == "Maximiliane": for the Elif exercise I'm getting a Syntax error in the Console. Can someone point me to what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
4 Answers
Scott Bailey
13,190 Pointsfirst_name = input("what is your first name? ")
print ("Hello,", first_name)
if first_name == "Craig":
print (first_name,"is learning python")
elif first_name == "Maximiliane":
print(first_name, "is learning with fellow students in the Community! Me too!")
else:
print("You should totally learn Python, {}!".format(first_name))
print("Have a great day {}!".format(first_name))
I think the issue may have been in your formatting - I just ran the code after laying it out like above and it worked fine.
Make sure each new command is on a new line, and each indent is 4 spaces.
I hope this can help a bit!
Scott Bailey
13,190 PointsIt does sound like something in the console there - I'm not very fluent in console commands though, so I don't think I can help out there!
Never be sorry for asking questions - as cheesy as it sounds you'll never learn if you don't ask!
Scott Bailey
13,190 PointsWould you be able to post your full code for us to look at?
Christopher Buckhout
Python Development Techdegree Student 786 PointsHi Scott, Here's the full code:
first_name = input("what is your first name? ") print ("Hello,", first_name) if first_name == "Craig": print (first_name,"is learning python") elif first_name == "Maximiliane": print(first_name, "is learning with fellow students in the Community! Me too!") else: print("You should totally learn Python, {}!".format(first_name)) print("Have a great day {}!".format(first_name))
Christopher Buckhout
Python Development Techdegree Student 786 PointsHi Scott, I found an answer to the issue! I had to exit the RFL to use the clear command so I typed quit() and then used the clear command. Clear is the command for the shell, not the RFL of python per the explanation I was given. Thanks for the support on this one and have a great day!
Christopher Buckhout
Python Development Techdegree Student 786 PointsChristopher Buckhout
Python Development Techdegree Student 786 PointsThanks, Scott! I have a feeling I did something to my console? I'm even getting a Syntax error when I type python hello.py or try to clear the screen. Sorry for the newbie questions, I'm just starting out.