Python Syntax Error: expected an intended block

Question

So first i clicked on Run Module

Then this came up

My code

import time
    print("First we need to know you.")

print("Enter your name please.")
time.sleep(2)
name = input("Name: ")
print("Welcome, " + name + "!")
time.sleep(3)
criminal = input("Are you a criminal?: ")
if criminal=='Y':

Right here it highlights print as red

 print('Oh no')
    elif criminal=='N':
    print('Thank god!')

Hanshan · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-27 03:25:24Z

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You need to indent after an if and the elif:

if criminal=='Y':
    print('Oh no')
elif criminal=='N':
    print('Thank god!')

Also, don't indent after the import:

import time
print("First we need to know you.")

answered Aug 27, 2016 at 3:25

Hanshan

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Eddie Domingues Over a year ago

I'm very new to Python can you tell me what Indent means? (Sorry about this)

Hanshan Over a year ago

No problem :) Just four spaces in from the start of the line. If you look at my amended code, you can see the spaces there. It's the way Python tells how bits of code should be put together, or put in a "block". An "if" statement is special, because you need to know what to do for the if. Is it just the next one line, or 4 lines? The lines that correspond to the if should all be "indented" in order to tell Python "these lines are what to do if the statement is true".

Hanshan Over a year ago

You're welcome. You can upvote helpful answers on the left here, and if someone solved your problem, you can click the "tick" to accept the answer.

gabra · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-27 03:24:58Z

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You have to indent the print('Oh no'):

if criminal=='Y':
    print('Oh no')
elif criminal=='N':
    print('Thank god!')

answered Aug 27, 2016 at 3:24

gabra

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