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Question

hello i have a problem why this code print 1?
foo = print()
if foo == None:
print(1)
else:
print(2)
i have a error in the compilation because the problem start in foo = print() and the message is SyntaxError: invalid syntax why i have that error?

Answer 1

Do instead

foo = input()
if foo is None:
print("1")
else:
print("2")

If you are using python 2, use raw_input() instead.

Answer 2

This is because you can't set a variable to be equal to print(), as that function does not return anything.