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Python

Posted by Jesse Busby
Jesse Busby
966 Points

I'm having a syntax error that I don't know how to fix.

this text says It has invalid syntax around the 'while' word.

while add_players.lower() == 'Y':

Am I doing something wrong?

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,974 Points

Can you post all of your code? Also shouldn't the Y be lowercase since you are testing lower()?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,344 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,344 Points

Check to be sure that "add_players" is a string variable. That name sounds more like something you might call a function, and a function would not have a ".lower()" method.

And Kris makes a good point. Anything converted to lower case could never match a capital "Y".

Jesse Busby
Jesse Busby
966 Points

TODO Create an empty list to maintain the player names

soccer_list = []

TODO Ask the user if they'd like to add players to the list.

If the user answers "Yes", let them type in a name and add it to the list.

If the user answers "No", print out the team 'roster'

add_players = input("Do you want to sign up a soccer team? [Y/N] "

while add_players.lower() == 'y': name = input("What is the Player's name? ") soccer_list.append(name) add_players = input("Do you want to add another player? [Y/N] "

TODO print the number of players on the team

TODO Print the player number and the player name

The player number should start at the number one

TODO Select a goalkeeper from the above roster

TODO Print the goal keeper's name

Remember that lists use a zero based index

here's the rest of it, while fixing that lower y (thanks for that btw)

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,344 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,344 Points

To make your code look right, you need to use "Markdown" formatting. There is a video on code formatting you might want to watch.

But even as it is, I notice that there is a missing close parenthesis at the end of the "input" call on the line just before the "while". I'll bet that's the cause of the syntax error.