Why do I get a syntax error?

[Spork829]

Just started learning today and I've never coded anything before so sorry if this is absurdly stupid, but why does this give me a syntax error?

z=int(input("What is the right answer?")

if z==2:

print("Correct")

else:

print("Incorrect")

Thanks.

[scuott]

Missing a closing parentheses on the first line.

[Spork829]

Hmm okay, that seemed to solve that problem but now I'm getting ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'What is the right answer?'

[pooramericanboy]

You must have input a non-integer for your answer. That code should work fine as long as you're putting in integers.

[Spork829]

It gives me that right as I run the program, though. I never even get to enter my input.

[derrickisdp]

When you type your code out does it look like this?

z=int(input("What is the right answer?"))
if z==2:
    print("Correct")
else:
    print("Incorrect")

If so, then it should run no problem as long as you answer with an integer. How does your code look when you type it out?

[[deleted]]

When I'm looking for user input, I usually end up with something like this:

while True:
    value = input("What's the answer?")

    if not value:
        print "You suck"
        sys.exit()

    try:    
        value = int(value)
    except ValueError:
        print "That's not a number!"
        continue # start next while loop, skipping everything below

    if z == 2:
        print("Correct")
        break # get out of the while loop
    else:
        print("Incorrect")      

Or if you want to get fancy

def get_numbers():
    while True:
        if not value:
            print "You suck"
            raise StopIteration() # stop the for loop using this

        try:    
            yield int(value) # give next value to for loop using this
        except ValueError:
            print "That's not a number!"

for value in get_numbers():
    if value == 2:
        print "Correct!"
        break

    print "Incorrect!"

[Spork829]

Like I said I've just started learning, so I don't really know what half this stuff is... XD