Question

Hi i am wondering what i did wrong here-


def ask() :
answer = raw input("Do you wish to tell me about your favorite desert?")
If (answer == 'yes' ) : print ("Next i will ask you about your favorite desert")
Print ("now i will tell you about your clasess favorite desert")

Answer 1

you have a few syntax errors, raw input has to be raw_input, you can not capitalize if or print.

Answer 2

you can see syntax errors when you try and run the program, they should highlight in red, and as you fix each error it will point out another.

Answer 3

Thanks for the help

Answer 4

i have a syntax error that im not sure how to resolve

If (answer == 'yes' ) : print ("Next i will ask you about your favorite desert")

The colon is the line is having a syntax problem and im not sure what is wrong, thanks

Answer 5

the i is capitalized in if

Answer 6

yeah it is, but im getting a snytax eorr on the colon

Answer 7

where it points unfortunately is not always 100% accurate, its close but the error may be somewhere else on that line or even another place entirely, python is case sensitive.

Answer 8

so it will not recognize If,Else,Return it will recognize if, else, return

Answer 9

ok i fixed the syntax, now when i go to run the module it will run and nothing happens (im a beginner)

Answer 10

im not sure if i just need to add something to the end of the script,

Answer 11

so now you have a working program. cool but what you have written so far is a function. A function will not do anything unless you have called it somewhere. you can simply call it by typing ask() anywhere after the function has been defined. So you can not call ask() before you have defined the function ask(), later on in this course there are instances where a function will call itself within itself. Dont worry about that yet.

Answer 12

>>>
>>> ask ()
Do you wish to tell me about your favorite desert?yes
Next i will ask you about your favorite desert
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
ask ()
File "C:\Python25\fixedhw.py", line 4, in ask
Print ("now i will tell you about your clasess favorite desert")
NameError: global name 'Print' is not defined





This is the error im getting when i call the function

Answer 13

its another syntax error, try and find out what it is, and if you still need help let me know

Answer 14

ok i found it, thank you very much youv been a great help, now im wondering about this, i am trying to mkae the program do=that asks the user whether they wish to tell which is their favorite dessert, or they wish to find out what other's favorite dessert is.



Now when i do that i prints both the lines at the end regardless if they say yes or no, so im wondering how to seprate them and make it only print depending on the awnser the user gives.

Answer 15

take a look at this.
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html

Answer 16

ok perfect, thanik you very much. i might be back with more questions :) but thanks for now

Answer 17

your welcome