I'm trying to understand how functions work, I defined my function with length and area parameters.
Here is the problem: I want to write if area is less than a # then print a string of text.
def rec_area(length, width):
area = length * width
print(area)
if area : < 25 # Here is the problem, "expected expression"
print("The area is smaller than expected..")
rec_area(5, 5)
I tried to put if area: < 25
I also tried if area -= 25
I am lost.
Fix:
if area < 25:
print("The area is smaller than expected..")
note where the : is and the indentation
Check:
https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html
https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#indentation
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html
When comparing two values by using <, >, ==, !=, <= or >= (sorry if I missed one), you don't need to use:
num1 : < num2
You can just use:
num1 < num2
This is true for at least C, C++, Python and JavaScript, I haven't used other languages
SyntaxError: invalid syntax. If you get any error then you should show it in question (not in comments) as text (not image). And show full error message (full traceback) because there are other usefull information. Maybe visit some other questions to see how others ask questions, and what information they put in question.