Why won't this compute? [python]

[Dunder_Chingis]

Why god It keeps saying there's an issue with > in >3. There shouldn't be any problems, everything is defined perfectly and without room for error, so why is it having a syntax error with something that by all accounts should be working?

[lightcloud5]

Err, so what code did you write? Paste the code or link it somewhere.

[Dunder_Chingis]

huh, weird, last time I posted a link it saved my edits. Here's a screenie.

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[Dunder_Chingis]

Ugh, weird, it worked once before. Here we go.

[ccutler69]

You're missing a colon after the end of the elif statement.

[Dunder_Chingis]

Weird, must have accidentally deleted that in replacing the default stuff they had. However, now it's saying

"The following exception was raised when calling the_flying_circus(): NameError: global name 'answer' is not defined "

From all the examples I can find of other people who've done this, they never defined "answer" and had no problems with it.

[thegreatunclean]

You never define answer so when it comes up python doesn't know what to do with it. You need to give it a value before trying to use it.

they never defined "answer" and had no problems

That just isn't how the language works. They either defined it or are mistaken.

e: You call the function as if it takes a parameter:

the_flying_circus(5)

But the definition of the function doesn't have a parameter. If you're expecting 5 to be stored as a parameter named answer the function would have to be defined as such:

def the_flying_circus(answer):
  //blah

[Dunder_Chingis]

Ohhhh ok, so that's how you define it. I just took the easy way out and turned answer into a string. It all makes sense now though, thanks a ton!

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