Invalid Syntax

[FlamingoRider]

I keep getting a syntax error on line 11 (while Running = True:) and I'm not sure what's going on. If this is something horribly simple I apologize. I appreciate any help.

myFears=" "
def addFear():
    if len(myFears) < 1:
        print "You have not entered any fears yet. Please enter one now."
        fear=raw_input("What is a fear of yours?")
        myFears.append(fear)
    else:
        Running = True
        print "Your current fears are", myFears
        toDo=raw_input("Do you want to delete a fear, add one, or leave? (del, add, lev)")
        while Running = True:
            if toDo="add", "ADD", "Add":
                addFear=raw_input("What is your fear?")
                myFears.append(addFear)
            elif toDo="del","DEL","Del":
                delFear=raw_input("What fear have you overcome?")
                myFears.remove(delFear)
                print "Fear has been deleted"
            elif toDo="lev","LEV","Lev":
                print "Goodbye"
                Running=False
                break
            else:
                toDo
 
addFear()
 
 

XP with Cream and Python 2.6

[boxfish]

The second most common programming mistake; = is the assignment operator, == is the comparison operator. Use

while Running == True:

However, you don't even need the comparison. The while loop will continue as long as the condition is true, so you can just write

while Running:

I hope this helps.

[FlamingoRider]

Wow, that was easy. Thanks a lot. I feel kinda stupid for not catching that myself. Got the bugs out now just gotta tinker with it to get it working the way I need. Thanks for all the help.

[boxfish]

I'm glad it's running. If you don't want your program to be case sensitive, then instead of writing out all the different case combinations as in

if toDo="add", "ADD", "Add":

just convert the input to lowercase with the lower() function and compare it with a lowercase string:

if toDo.lower() == "add":

I hope this is helpful.