Why do I get this syntax error in Python?

Question

I am running this code:

count=0
l=[1,2,3]
For i in l:
  print(count+=1)

This line throws a syntax error in line print(count+=1).

If I use like this, it works:

count=0
l=[1,2,3]
For i in l:
  count+=1
  print(count)

What am I doing wrong here? I'm using Python 3.7

Axois · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-19 02:00:31Z

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Having a count +=1 is the same as count = count+1, so it doesnt make sense if you type print(count = count + 1) because count is being taken as a keyword argument in print()

answered Jul 19, 2019 at 2:00

Axois

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Axois Over a year ago

@SenthilkumarM glad to help :), please feel free to select this as an answer.

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