It says invalid syntax when trying to print

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whenever i try this code it says the print is an invalid syntax anyway to fix this?

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i just started coding so thats why i dont know why this error is appearing :slightly_smiling_face:

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I’d be happy to help but this doesn’t look like Python. An IF statement ends with a colon and the following statement is indented like this:

print("I sense your energy.")
mood = input ("Type a number from 1-3") # Put the user input into a variable called "mood".
if mood == 1: 
    print("Mood is 1")

Indentation is critical for Python to work.

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= and := are assignment operators. == is for checking equality, so it should actually be

if mood == 1:
    print("Mood is 1")

in your example. However, this also does not work since input returns a string, so it should actually be

if mood == "1":
    print("Mood is 1")

Writing the if in one line is possible as well:

print("I sense your energy. Your true emotions are coming across my screen")
mood = input ("Type a number from 1-3 (DONT DO FOUR!!!)")
if mood == "1": print("Mood is 1")
if mood == "2": print("Mood is 2")
if mood == "3": print("Mood is 3")
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Just remember, this is a string as written. Please append the int to type cast it to an integer:

mood = int(input ("Type a number from 1-3")) # Put the user input into a variable

Update:
I do notice that you’re comparing to numerical strings below via double quotes. So disregard for this case. My apologies. :face_with_peeking_eye:

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The detected SyntaxError is the ‘1’ followed by ‘print’, specifically, the ‘p’ of print, which is highlighted in red. Others have pointed out other problems. Note: if mood :=1: is legal, but not what you want as it will always be True.