if else elif.
not sure what am i doing wrong

Question

firstname = input("What is your first name? ")
print("Hello,", firstname)
if firstname == "Craig":
    print(firstname, "is learning Python")
    elif firstname == "Maximiliane":
        print(firstname, "is learning with fellow students in the community! Me too!")
    else:
        print("You should totally learn Python, {}!".format(firstname))
print("Have a great day {}!".format(firstname))
treehouse:~/workspace$ python hello.py                                                                         
  File "hello.py", line 5                                                                                      
    elif first_name == "Maximiliane":                                                                          
       ^                                                                                                       
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

matth89 · Accepted Answer

Hey, Samuel. When posting code to the forum, it's important to keep formatting in mind. The easier the post is to read, the easier it is for the community to lend a hand. Here's a primer on post formatting: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/posting-code-to-the-forum
As far as your syntax error goes, it looks like you've indented your elif and else where you don't need to. Your if else block should look more like 
python
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))

Give that a try, it should work.

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samuel octelene

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if else elif. not sure what am i doing wrong

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matth89

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