Hi: I am trying to teach myself Python, and am stuck at the indentation with
the elif statement.
This is what I am trying to type (as copied from the textbook):
x=3
if x==0:
print "x is 0"
elif x&1 ==1:
print "x is a odd number"
elif x&1==0: -- Line 6
print "x is a even number"
If I am combining the if and the print statement, then the elif statement is
in the next line, and all is well with the world. If however, I write the
print as a separate statement, I am getting a syntax error after I press
Enter after keying the first elif statement.
>>> x=3
>>> if x==0:
print x
elif x==2:
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Again:
>>> x=3
>>> if x==2: print x
elif x&1 == 1: print 'x is odd'
>>> elif x&1 ==0: print 'x is even'
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
If I am pressing two Enters, the code executes; so I have a elif without a
if, and again, a syntax error. What am I not doing right?
Thank you.
Sudarshana.
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