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Python

Posted by Richard McKee
Richard McKee
2,670 Points

if else statements

Im having a problem in workspaces where I can't do if/else statements without getting errors.

some are generic errors but some I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

if anyone can help me find the error of my ways that would be most helpful

age=5000

if age > 10000:
... print('apple')
.... else:
       print("pear')

1 Answer

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi Richard,

The first thing is that your indentation looks like its off. The if/else statements should be aligned and the print functions should be indented in this case.

The second is that your quotations don't match around "pear"

If you are trying to do this in the python shell, it should look like this:

>>> age = 5000
>>> if age > 10000:
...     print('apple')
... else:
...     print('pear')

Hope this helps.

Vijay Ramdass
Vijay Ramdass
13,275 Points

Just to expand on this, it looks like the pear in your else statement has mixed quotations. The beginning of pear is double quotes ("), while after is single ('). 

print("pear')
Richard McKee
Richard McKee
2,670 Points

Thanks actually it just made sense in my head! I didn't think indentation would factor in python because you write in separate lines!