Syntax error with Python birthday code

The reason why your code fails on python 3.x as already been answered by @FHTMitchell answer, that said, here's a simpler way to achieve what you want in both python2.x/3.x:

print(["Happy Birthday to {}".format("you" if x!=2 else "dear Name") for x in range(4)])

There is a lot of ways to achieve this task, few more examples:

• lst = ["Happy Birthday to you"]*4; lst[1] = lst[1].replace("you", "dear Name"); print(lst)

• s1 = "Happy Birthday to you"; print([s1,s1.replace("you", "dear Name"),s1,s1])

But if you ask me, my favourite one, even if not a oneliner, would be doing something like this:

import textwrap

song = textwrap.dedent("""\
    Happy Birthday to you
    Happy Birthday to dear Name
    Happy Birthday to you
    Happy Birthday to you
""")

print(song.splitlines())

Since we're playing lets find different ways to skin a cat.

placeholders = ['to you'] * 4
placeholders[2] = 'dear name'  # placeholders.insert(2, 'dear name')
print([f'Happy birth {placeholder}' for placeholder in placeholders])

ps. I don't like lambdas, they're slow.

On another note, thanks @FHTMitchell, I've always known list.insert() was slow but i had no idea it was SOO slow.

>>> import timeit
>>> timeit.timeit('a += ["something"]', setup='a = ["thing"]')
0.07153259999904549
>>> timeit.timeit('a[0] = "something"', setup='a = ["thing"]')
0.03036419999989448
>>> timeit.timeit('a.insert(0, "something")', setup='a = ["thing"]')
264.89795089999825

Holy smokes!

from time import  sleep
def start():
    name="Birthday person"
    print("\t\ti i i")
    sleep(1)
    print("\t\ti i i")
    sleep(1)
    print("\t\ti i i")
    sleep(1)
    print("\t :------------------:")
    sleep(1)
    print("\t ▐█░█▌█▀▀█ █▀▀█ █▀▀█ █▌▄█")
    sleep(1)
    print("\t ▐█▀█▌█▄▄█ █▄▄█ █▄▄█ █▄██")
    sleep(1)
    print('\t ▐█░█▌█▌▐█ █▌░░ █▌░░ ░██')
    sleep(1)
    print('────────???.•°”˜˜”°•.???')
    sleep(1)
    print('▀██▀▀▄──???.•°”˜˜”°•.???')
    sleep(1)
    print('─██▄▀▄──???.•°”˜˜”°•.???')
    sleep(1)
    print('─██───█─▄──────▄──█───')
    sleep(1)
    print('─██───█─▄─▄─▄─▄█▄─█─▄─')
    sleep(1)
    print('▄██▄▄▀──█─█▀───█──█▀─█')
    sleep(1)
    print('────────█─█────█──█──█')
    sleep(1)
    print('██████║░░▄▄▄▄║▄▄║░▄║♥')
    sleep(1)
    print('███║░██║██║░█║██║░█║♥')
    sleep(1)
    print('███║░██║██║░█║██║░█║♥')
    sleep(1)
    print('███║░██║▀█▄▀█║▀█▄▀█║♥')
    sleep(1)
    print('███║░██║░░░░░░▄░░░█║♥')
    sleep(1)
    print('██████║░░░░░░░▀███▀')
    sleep(1)
    print('')
    sleep(1)
    print('')
    sleep(1)
    print('')


    sleep(2)
    print("A message for you.....")
    sleep(4)
    print("\tMAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY\n ALWAYS BE HAPPY AND GOOD HEALTH")
    sleep(5)
    print("one second......")
    print()
    sleep(.3)
    print('────▀██████─────▀─────────────█')
    sleep(.3)
    print('─────▌█───▀─█▄▀─█─▄▀▄─█▄▀█─▄▀▀█─▄▀▀')
    sleep(.3)
    print('─────▌███───█───█─█▀▀─█──█─█─▄█─▀▀█')
    sleep(.3)
    print('─────▌█─────▀───▀──▀▀─▀──▀──▀─▀─▀▀▀')
    sleep(.3)
    print('────▄██▄───█──█─────────────────────')
    sleep(.3)
    print('──────────▀█▀─█▄▀▄─▄▀▄')
    sleep(.3)
    print('───────────█──█──█─█▀▀')
    sleep(.3)
    print('───────────▀──▀──▀──▀▀')
    sleep(.3)
    print('──▄▄─▄▄──────▀██▀▀▄───────────█')
    sleep(.3)
    print('─█░█████──────▌█▄▀▄──▄▀▄─▄▀▀─▀█▀')
    sleep(.3)
    print('─▀█░███▀──────▌█───█─█▀▀─▀▀█──█')
    sleep(.3)
    print('───▀█▀────────▌█───█──▀▀─▀▀▀──▀')
    sleep(.3)
    print('─────────────▄██▄▄▀')

a=input("1.Type : 'MJ' \n 2.PRESS 'ENTER' \n (ELSE TYPE 'QUIT' TO QUIT)\n\n:" )
if (a == 'MJ'):
    start()
else:
    print("TAKE CARE BYE!")