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user3508821
user3508821

Reputation: 3

PYTHON Invalid Syntax Error?

I keep getting an "invalid syntax" message when I try to run this program. It highlights "age" in red after the "else" statement. I'm not sure what I did wrong.

age = float(input('How old are you? '))
citizen = float(input('How long have you been an American citizen? '))
if age >= 30 and citizen >= 9:
    print('You are eligible to become a US Senator and a House Representative!')
else age < 30 >= 25 and citizen < 9 >= 7:
    print('You are only eligible to become a House Representative.')
if age < 25 or citizen < 7:
    print('You are not eligible to become a US Senator or a House Represenatative.')

Upvotes: 0

Views: 874

Answers (2)

jwodder
jwodder

Reputation: 57470

The else in else age < 30 >= 25 and citizen < 9 >= 7: should be changed to elif.

Upvotes: 0

mgilson
mgilson

Reputation: 309919

else age < 30 >= 25 and citizen < 9 >= 7:

is a syntax error. You can't have anything other than a : after an else statement.

Maybe you wanted an elif clause1?

elif 30 > age >= 25 and 9 > citizen >= 7:
    ...

1Note that I also had to switch around your values a bit to make sense of the operator chaining that you were doing ...

Upvotes: 4

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