[Tutor] Extremely simple question

[Noah Hall]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Noah Hall wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:14 AM, Chris Johnson <c.johnsonbl at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I am *new* (I cannot put enough emphasis on that!) to Python programming,
>>> and to programming in general. I am trying to write out a statement that
>>> will protect a file on my computer from being run unless I enter the
>>> right
>>> specifications;
>>>
>>>> your_weight = int(raw_input("Please enter your weight: "))
>>>> if your_weight < 0:
>>>> print 'You're not Chris!'
>>>> elif your_weight == 170:
>>>> print 'You might be Chris! But...'
>>>> your_height = int(raw_input("Please enter your height: "))
>>>> if your_height < 180:
>>>> print 'You're not Chris!
>>>> elif your_height == 180:
>>>> print 'You're Chris!'
>>>> your_name = int(raw_input("What is your name? "))
>>>> elif your_height > 180:
>>>> print 'You're not Chris!"
>>>> elif x > 170:
>>>> print 'You're not Chris!'
>>>
>>>
>>> When I open it, the program says I have a syntax error. Praytell, where
>>> did
>>> I go wrong?
>>
>>
>> When you have a problem like this, you should copy and paste the
>> *whole* traceback here. Anyway, just from quickly looking, I think
>> your error lines in the the line
>>
>> elif x > 170:
>>
>> I'm sure you can work out why.
>
>
> Well, I can't. Chris reported that he gets a SYNTAX error, and for the life
> of me I can't work out what SyntaxError you think he'll be getting from that
> line.
>
> Based on Chris' post, he has a whole lot of code starting with ">", which of
> course will give a SyntaxError. He also hasn't indented his if/elif blocks.
>
> But of course his mail client might be mangling his code. Without being able
> to see the code, and the actual error message in full, we're all just
> guessing. And frankly, my crystal ball is out of order.

I had assumed that to him, a Syntax Error == any error, so guess it
was probably a name error as x isn't defined.

(Also, for me his post was indented correctly - probably down to my
client, though)