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James
James

Reputation: 5

Python invalid syntax error (2.7.5)

clothes_total = tot1 + tot2 + tot3 + tot4+ tot5  
clothes_total1 = tot1 + tot2 + tot3+ tot4 + tot5
tot_price = tax * (clothes_total + shipping + gift_number)
tot_price1 = tax * (clothes_total1 * 0.85 + shipping + gift_number)
tot_price2 = tax * (clothes_total2 * 0.85 + shipping + gift_number - 30)
print "<h4>Original Price: $ %s </h4>" % clothes_total
if clothes_total < 150:
   print "<h4> TOTAL : %s </h4>" % tot_price
else clothes_total1 > 200:
  print "15% Discount + $30 off: $"
  print 0.85 * (clothes_total - 30)
  print "<h4> THIRTY: $ %s </h4>" % tot_price2

This is my line of code, but under else clothes_total1 > 200:, I keep getting:

invalid syntax error

Don't know what the problem is. Can someone help me out help? Thank you.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 557

Answers (4)

Ashwini Chaudhary
Ashwini Chaudhary

Reputation: 250951

It should be elif not else:

elif clothes_total1 > 200:

From docs:

if_stmt ::=  "if" expression ":" suite
             ( "elif" expression ":" suite )*
             ["else" ":" suite]

And instead of using tot1 + tot2 + tot3 + tot4+ tot5, I think you should use a list.

Example:

tot = [12,56,....] #some values

and then use sum:

clothes_total = sum(tot)

If the list has more than 5 items and you want sum of just first 5 items then use slicing:

clothes_total = sum(tot[:5])

Upvotes: 2

user2624152
user2624152

Reputation:

else doesn't take a condition, but elif does. If you use else, that means, if EVERYTHING fails, do this.

Upvotes: 0

falsetru
falsetru

Reputation: 369064

else cannot have predicate.

Use elif instead of else.

elif clothes_total1 > 200:

Upvotes: 1

tehsockz
tehsockz

Reputation: 1299

else should be equal to elif.

This is because in Python, else acts as a kind of "catch-all"—it doesn't require any additional requirements, and in fact doesn't allow them. If you want to specify conditions for an else clause, then you have to use elif.

Upvotes: 0

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