Inavlid Syntax - Please Help

[JustAlexander]

So... I'm new here. I make an account here mostly because I had a problem with this and I couldn't help ANYWHERE.

The problem is very simple - In my new game at some point in the game the player has to write a "special code" (It isn't special, it just part of joke. It doesn't matter what they write.) and I decided to use renpy input there... And I got a problem. I don't know where it comes from, I used the code from tutorial, letter for letter IT'S ALMOST EXACLY THE SAME and it doesn't work.

Here's how it looks:

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python:
	scode = renpy.input("What's the code?")

	scode = scode or "I Don't Know"

Renpy doesn't seem to have problem with that part. However, later says the problem lays in another line:

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"So the code is [scode]?"

it says the syntax is invalid. I tried using only [scode] but it also doesn't work. Is there some step I'm missing?

also sorry for my english. I could make a few mistakes.

EDIT: I decided to remove the second line (The one that says "So the code is [scode]?"), and everything seems to work...
So, now I know that there isn't any problem with the renpy input, but I still don't know what causes the problem with syntax.

EDIT NUMBER TWO

I'm feeling so stupid right now.
I finally discovered what was wrong with my code.
I forgot to mention it looked like this:

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python:
	scode = renpy.input("What's the code?")

	scode = scode or "I Don't Know"
	
	"So the code is [scode]?"
	

while it should look like this:

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python:
	scode = renpy.input("What's the code?")

	scode = scode or "I Don't Know"
	
"So the code is [scode]?"
	

I'm so sorry for wasting your time everyone! I'm just new and don't understand some things...

[Enchant00]

You forgot your quotations in your renpy.input which is why it probably can't reference scode.

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python:
	scode = renpy.input("What's the code?")

	scode = scode or "I Don't Know"

If that doesn't work, it's probably that your screen is defining a variable in a local setting. You can simply use store.scode if it need to be global.

[JustAlexander]

Actually I just forgot to put quatations there! Sorry!
Also I tried "store.scode" but it also doesn't work.

But thank you for help!