Python: Simple if: statement that says invalid syntax

Asked May 09 '17 at 15:49

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I keep on getting invalid syntax on line 2 and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

operator = input("Would you like to +, -, *, or /?:")
if (operator != "+"):
  print ("Unknown operator!")

I also attempted to do:

operator = input("Would you like to +, -, *, or /?:")
if (operator != "+" or "-" or "*" or "/"):
  print ("Unknown operator!")

But then it always print out "Unknown operator!"

I'm honestly very new to coding and any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

asked May 09 '17 at 15:49

Ian Nelson

@vaultah: how many times have you marked that as duplicate? 50? 100? – Jean-François Fabre May 09 '17 at 15:50
It would be helpful if you could link me to the duplicate then, cause I couldn't find anything – Ian Nelson May 09 '17 at 15:53
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the link is below the "duplicate" word :) "This question already has an answer here:" – Jean-François Fabre May 09 '17 at 15:53
@Jean-FrançoisFabre definitely less than 100... There's probably a way to get the exact number from the Data Explorer, but I'm not very familiar with it – vaultah May 09 '17 at 15:54
at least in C noone has the idea to do: `operator != "+" || "-" || "*" || "/")` – Jean-François Fabre May 09 '17 at 15:57

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