pretty close with this one but keep getting invalid syntax error and highlights my '=' after my while, #project 1 problem set 2 'paying off debt in a year' annual_interest_rate = 0.18 balance = 1200 monthly_payment = 10 number_of_months = 0 monthly_payment_rate = annual_interest_rate/ 12 while updated_balance = balance * ( 1 + monthly_payment_rate) - monthly_payment : if updated_balance 0: number_of_months += 1 if number_of_months = 12: monthly_payment += 10 else updated_balance

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pretty close with this one but keep getting invalid syntax error and highlights my '=' after my while, 
#project 1 problem set 2 'paying off debt in a year'
annual_interest_rate = 0.18
balance = 1200
monthly_payment = 10
number_of_months = 0
monthly_payment_rate = annual_interest_rate/ 12
while updated_balance = balance * ( 1 + monthly_payment_rate) - monthly_payment :
    if updated_balance > 0:
      number_of_months += 1
          if number_of_months = 12:
            monthly_payment += 10
else updated_balance <= 0:
    print number_of_months
    print updated_balance

kva1992 · Answer

i believe the reason you are having the error is because you cannot just use the = operator you are supposed to use == to specify equals in an if or while statement

kva1992 · Answer

did that fix your issue?

shipwreck81 · Answer

nice thank you that fixed that problem, still not working yet but closer than I was

shipwreck81 · Answer

nice thank you that fixed that problem, still not working yet but closer than I was

kva1992 · Answer

alright cool glad i was able to help