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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Membership

weimeng yeo
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weimeng yeo
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weimeng yeo
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I am getting syntax error on the challenge.

I keep getting a syntax error on my code. Can someone assist ? Tks !!!

time = 15

store_open = None store_hours = [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] if time in store_hours = 15: ... store_open = true ... else: ... store_open = false

membership.py 
time = 15

store_open = None
store_hours = [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
if time in store_hours = 15:
...     store_open = true
... else:
...     store_open = false

3 Answers

Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
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Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
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Hi there, here's the error message:

python3 membership.py                                                                                                                                          
  File "membership.py", line 5                                                                                                                                         
    if time in store_hours = 15:                                                                                                                                 
                           ^                                                                                                                                     
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Here the error message tells us the line number (5) and the statement that's causing the problem, it's

if time in store_hours = 15:

And we see it's just an accidental typo that caused the problem - the "= 15" part. Did you copy and paste the time variable from the first line of the file? it's an easy mistake - I think most of us have made similar ones, even apple did the same thing a few years ago and caused a huge vulnerability in Safari :)

Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
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What's the error message? Did you still include the "=15" part?

weimeng yeo
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weimeng yeo
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weimeng yeo
weimeng yeo
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Ah. Thanks again. Yeah, i was doing on a txt and pasting it on the website.

weimeng yeo
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weimeng yeo
weimeng yeo
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Hmm, i am still getting an error on the syntax. I have tried to type manually as opposed to pasting it and still have an issue.

weimeng yeo
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weimeng yeo
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weimeng yeo
weimeng yeo
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Yes, see below.

time = 15
store_open = None
store_hours = [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,18]
if time in store_hours =15:
File "<stdin>", line 1
if time in store_hours =15:

Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
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Ah okay, sorry my mistake - bit of a miscommunication!

It's the "=15" that's causing the problem. Short answer is just delete it. Longer, explaination follows:

if time in store_hours:

will work just fine because the time variable holds the value 15, so to python it will look like:

if 15 in [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,18]:

which is of course true.

However that "= 15" is trying to store a variable. "=" is called the assignment operator. It's job is to store whatever is on the right of it in a variable named whatever is on the left of it. what's on the left of it is "if time in store_hours", and that is not a valid variable name, so you get a syntax error.