Python conditional syntax error

Question

I'm pretty new to python and currently I am working on an income tax calculator and the first step I want the user to do is press 1 if they are married and then press 2 if they are single. What do I need to do to fix this code ? My IDE says there is a syntax error on line 3 "if (answer == 1)"

        print ("If you are married press 1 if you are single press 2")

        answer = raw_input("")

        if (answer == 1)

           {

              print "Enter your income";

           }

           elif (answer == 2):

           {

              print "Enter your income";

           }

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Answer 1

Python does not use curly braces like most other languages. Instead it uses a colon : and whitespace to determine blocks. You also do not need (and shouldn't put) semicolons ; at the end of every line. In addition, you do not need parenthesis around conditions in if/while/etc. statements.This is the correct way to write your code:

print ("If you are married press 1 if you are single press 2")
answer = raw_input("")
if answer == 1:
    print "Enter your income"
elif answer == 2:
    print "Enter your income"

Python conditional syntax error

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