If statement syntax error

[Jayla426]

In my game, I'm trying to get a character to say a certain thing depending on what the player chose to do previously. Like, if the player went to the meeting right away, the character would praise her. If she went to go hang out with someone else, either Maria or Anthony because she has the choice to either go to the meeting, hangout with Maria or hangout with Anthony, the character, James, would be a bit annoyed. except i keep getting a syntax error. It says:

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 77, in script
    if <visiting_maria> == True:
SyntaxError: invalid syntax (game/script.rpy, line 77)

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 77, in script
    if < visiting_maria > == True:
  File "C:\Users\zakoo\Desktop\renpy-7.1.1-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 1760, in execute
    if renpy.python.py_eval(condition):
  File "C:\Users\zakoo\Desktop\renpy-7.1.1-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 1942, in py_eval
    code = py_compile(code, 'eval')
  File "C:\Users\zakoo\Desktop\renpy-7.1.1-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 674, in py_compile
    raise e
SyntaxError: invalid syntax (game/script.rpy, line 77)

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.1.1.929
Yellow Roses And Silver Knives 1.0
Tue May 21 17:45:35 2019

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my code is :

label meeting_with_james:
if < visiting_maria > == True:
scene bg meeting room
show James tied calm
Js "Oh, %(player_name)s , you took your time coming here."
pov "Hello James, so what is this meeting about?"
else:
scene bg meeting room
show James tied calm
Js "Ah %(player_name)s , thank you for coming here right away. I appreciate your punctuality."
if <visiting_anthony> == True:
scene bg meeting room
show James tied calm
Js "Oh, %(player_name)s , you took your time coming here."
pov "Hello James, so what is this meeting about?"
else:
scene bg meeting room
show James tied calm
Js "Ah %(player_name)s , thank you for coming here right away. I appreciate your punctuality."
return
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I have no error for the "visiting_anthony" if statement, despite it being the exact same as the "visiting_maria" if statement. Is anyone able to help me figure out what's my error?

[Per K Grok]

In my game, I'm trying to get a character to say a certain thing depending on what the player chose to do previously. Like, if the player went to the meeting right away, the character would praise her. If she went to go hang out with someone else, either Maria or Anthony because she has the choice to either go to the meeting, hangout with Maria or hangout with Anthony, the character, James, would be a bit annoyed. except i keep getting a syntax error. It says:

Code: Select all

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 77, in script
    if <visiting_maria> == True:
SyntaxError: invalid syntax (game/script.rpy, line 77)

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 77, in script
    if < visiting_maria > == True:
  File "C:\Users\zakoo\Desktop\renpy-7.1.1-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 1760, in execute
    if renpy.python.py_eval(condition):
  File "C:\Users\zakoo\Desktop\renpy-7.1.1-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 1942, in py_eval
    code = py_compile(code, 'eval')
  File "C:\Users\zakoo\Desktop\renpy-7.1.1-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 674, in py_compile
    raise e
SyntaxError: invalid syntax (game/script.rpy, line 77)

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.1.1.929
Yellow Roses And Silver Knives 1.0
Tue May 21 17:45:35 2019

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
my code is :

label meeting_with_james:
if < visiting_maria > == True:
scene bg meeting room
show James tied calm
Js "Oh, %(player_name)s , you took your time coming here."
pov "Hello James, so what is this meeting about?"
else:
scene bg meeting room
show James tied calm
Js "Ah %(player_name)s , thank you for coming here right away. I appreciate your punctuality."
if <visiting_anthony> == True:
scene bg meeting room
show James tied calm
Js "Oh, %(player_name)s , you took your time coming here."
pov "Hello James, so what is this meeting about?"
else:
scene bg meeting room
show James tied calm
Js "Ah %(player_name)s , thank you for coming here right away. I appreciate your punctuality."
return
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I have no error for the "visiting_anthony" if statement, despite it being the exact same as the "visiting_maria" if statement. Is anyone able to help me figure out what's my error?

try:
if visiting_maria == True:

'<' and '>' are operators used to compare two values (smaller than or greater than).

[Jayla426]

thank you! it worked