[Tutor] how do I set variables in Python 3.4

[Danielle Salaz]

I am using idle

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> On Jul 11, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/07/14 06:50, Danielle Salaz wrote:
>> I'm a noob to Python and cannot figure out how to complete one of my assignments.
>> 
>> I am supposed to use operand1=2 and operand2=7
>> To complete: result= operand1+operand2 etc, but
> 
> We need more detail.
> 
> How are you entering your code? Is it using a tool like
> IDLE or an operating system console version of python?
> 
> Are you typing at the interactive python prompt,
> usually looking like
> >>>
> 
> > I keep getting invalid syntax either on the " or operand1.
> 
> Please post the exact code you entered and the
> full error message, do not summarize.
> 
> There is no " in the little bit code you posted.
> And operand1 appears twice.
> We need to see exactly what you are doing - what you
> typed, and what Python told you was wrong.
> 
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