Clodagh O'Rourke wrote: > os.environ['VARIABLE'] = 'value' > > And I got..... > > SyntaxError: can't assign to function call Are you sure you used square brackets? >>> os.environ('VARIABLE') = 'value' SyntaxError: can't assign to function call >>> os.environ['VARIABLE'] = 'value' >>> os.environ['VARIABLE'] 'value' Cheers /F