Can't find basic Python syntax error (Tkinter)

Question

I'm using python 2.7 and the code below:

def showScore(score):

    score = 1.5

    scoreKeeper = tk.Label(window, text=score)

    if (score >= 2.0)
    scoreKeeper.configure(text = "Too loud. Try again.") 

    scoreKeeper.pack()

I am getting the error

  File "tkinter_oqy01.py", line 18
    if (score >= 2.0)
                    ^
  SyntaxError: invalid syntax

and obviously can't figure out what it is.

Pythonista · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-13 04:57:31Z

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You're missing a : in your if statement

Your if statement should be

if (score >= 2.0):

    scoreKeeper.configure(text = "Too loud. Try again.")

You're also checking if the score will be greater than two, but score will always be 1.5 since your setting score = 1.5 despite the score passed to the function.

score also isn't a string. So if you tried to run your program even after fixing that you'd get another error. you should be setting text = str(score)

edited Mar 13, 2016 at 4:57

answered Mar 13, 2016 at 3:50

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interwebjill Over a year ago

Oh duh. Missing a comma. Thank you, would have continued going crazy. I am changing the values of score manually for now to test the code. Thanks!

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