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A student writes if age > 10 and < 20: to test if the age is between 10 and 20, and gets a…
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A student writes if age > 10 and < 20: to test if the age is between and , and gets a SyntaxError. Fix it in two ways.
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Each side of and is a full comparison, or use a chain such as 10 < age < 20.
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After and, there must be a full comparison. The part < 20 has no value on its left.
Fix 1. Repeat the variable: if age > 10 and age < 20:.
Fix 2. Use a chained comparison: if 10 < age < 20:.
Both leave out the ends, 10 and 20, because they use < and >.
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