Problem with a code

Question

Hi. I have a problem and I'm asking for help because I can't deal with it.
I tried to write a code for the calculator, but I still get the error:

File "..\Playground\", line 17
elif user_input = "subtract":
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

https://code.sololearn.com/cXe3wrPD5bjq/?ref=app

Answer 1

It is happening because of wrong indent. There should be a space before any line in Python otherwise it will give error.

Check this edited by me

https://code.sololearn.com/ct211GEjP5va/?ref=app

Answer 2

Check this once. If you will not follow this then you will get error in python.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geeksforgeeks.org/statement-indentation-and-comment-in-python/amp/

Answer 3

Oh, I see. Thank you. ;)

Answer 4

Thank you very much! Now I understand!

Answer 5

also in your example you use = as an assignment operator. you should be using == which is an comparison operator

Answer 6

Brave Tea which line do you mean?

Answer 7

the one you typed in your question. it’s in the syntaxError