[Tutor] What's the invalid syntax?

[Brian Gustin]

define year first

I.E.
year=0
int(year)
or leave the int year out of your code completely - you do not need to 
typecast - it is set as an integer in the following line.



Nathan Pinno wrote:
> Hey all,
>  
> What's the invalid syntax in the following code? I tried figuring it out 
> by myself, and I couldn't.
>  
> # This program finds the date of Easter Sunday between the years 1900 & 
> 2099.
> # By Nathan Pinno
> # Inspired by Programming and Problem Solving with Java, 1st ed., 
> question 3, page 207.
> def date():
>     int year
>     year = int(raw_input("Year please: "))
>     if (year < 1900 || year > 2099):
>         print year, " is invalid. Please enter a year between 1900 & 2099."
>     else:
>         if (year == 1954 || year == 1981 || year == 2049 || year == 
> 2076): # For the years when the calculation would be 1 week late.
>             int a, b, c, d, e, f
>             a = year % 19
>             b = year % 4
>             c = year % 7
>             d = (19 * a + 24) % 30
>             e = (2 * b + 4 * c + 6 * d + 5) % 7
>             f = (22 + d + e) - 7
>             if (f < 31): # To see if the date is in March or April.
>                 print "Easter Sunday is March ", f, "."
>             else:
>                 print "Easter Sunday is April ", (f-31), "."
>         else: # For all other years.
>             int a, b, c, d, e, f
>             a = year % 19
>             b = year % 4
>             c = year % 7
>             d = (19 * a + 24) % 30
>             e = (2 * b + 4 * c + 6 * d + 5) % 7
>             f = (22 + d + e)
>             if (f < 31): # Same as above.
>                print "Easter Sunday is March ", f, "."
>             else:
>                print "Easter Sunday is April ", (f-31), "."
> date()
>            
> The editor highlights the word year in the line:
>  
> int year
>  
> after I hit okay when this message pops up:
>  
> Invalid syntax.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Nathan Pinno
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