Invalid syntax on VERY SIMPLE Python if … else statement

Question

Can someone explain why I am getting an invalid syntax error from Python\'s interpretor while formulating this simple if...else statement? I don\'t add any tabs myself I sim

Answer 1

The keyword else has to be indented with respect to the if statement respectively

e.g.

a = 2
if a == 2:
    print "a=%d", % a
else:
    print "mismatched"