[Tutor] if else

[Alan Trautman]

Python treats = the same way as C if that help but the way I think about it
is:

a = 1 means a is assigned the value of one

a == 1 a is equal to one 

in your example

a = "python"
if a == "python" :
    print "Yes"
else :
    print "No"

will work where a is assigned the string "python"
and then is checked if it is equal to "python"

happy to have one I can answer
Peace
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Terje Johan Abrahamsen [mailto:terjeja@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:56 PM
To: tutor@python.org
Subject: [Tutor] if else


I try to use the if else statement. For example here:

a = "python"
if a = "python" :
    print "Yes"
else :
    print "No"

or

a = 1
if a = 1 :
    print "Yes"
else :
    print "No"

But, it doesn't work. When I try to run it, I get the following response: 
"Failed to run script - syntax error - invalid syntax" What do I do wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Terje

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