How does one make programs with string equality in Python?

Question

Obviously, I've just started trying to make some random programs, and do not know much. A program I have tried to write is the following:

print('Please print your name')
myName = input()
if myName == 'No'
print('Fine, be that way')

There is an error in the third line, and am not really sure why. How would I correct this?

This is probably a duplicate question. Did you google or something before you asked this question. This won't be received well here I'd imagine — Sam Orozco, Aug 27 '16 at 05:18
Your code does not follow basic Python syntax. Please do at least minimal research by consulting a book or tutorial before asking a question. — TigerhawkT3, Aug 27 '16 at 05:55
Yeah I did do about 15 mins of googling, I think I probably wasn't searching for the right things though. — Cameron Eggins, Aug 29 '16 at 08:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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There's a syntax error in your code. The corrected code is:

print('Please print your name')
myName = input()
if myName == 'No':
    print('Fine, be that way')

Here's another question that should help you understand the syntax berter

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

Community

answered Aug 27 '16 at 05:23

Prasanjit Prakash

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '16 at 05:23

0

if statements require a colon as follows

if myName == 'No':
    print('Fine, be that way')

python scope is implied by indentation, so you'll need to indent the lines that you want to be conditional, such as the print

answered Aug 27 '16 at 05:23

derelict

2 Answers2