Strange behavior of the parenthesis ‘(‘ on line 20 [full code] /u/Character_Cat_1067 Python Education

car_started = False
car_stopped = False
car_command = (“”)

while car_command != (“quit”):
car_command = input(“>”).upper()
if car_command == “START”:
if car_started == True:
print(“The car has already started”)
else:
print(“The car has started”)
car_started == True
elif car_command == “STOP”:
if car_stopped == True:
print(“the car has already stopped”)
else:
print(“The car has stopped”)
car_stopped = True
elif car_command == “HELP”:
print(“””
start – to start the car
stop – to stop the car
quit – to quit
“””)
elif car_command == “QUIT”:
break
else:
print(“I don’t understand”)

print(“done”)

Above is the full code. This is a simple game that allows the player to
stop or start the car, quit the game or quiry help. After modifications
to prevent starting a running car or stopping a stopped car an error appeared.
Line 20 has a red ‘(‘ parenthesis. I no longer have the run drop down menu.
I see the DEBUG CONSOLE but it is not very intuitive. Any help will be
greatly appreciated. (I have a sneaky suspicion that one character was
accidentally typed in the coding area.) Thank you.

car_started = False
car_stopped = False
car_command = (“”)

while car_command != (“quit”):
car_command = input(“>”).upper()
if car_command == “START”:
if car_started == True:
print(“The car has already started”)
else:
print(“The car has started”)
car_started == True
elif car_command == “STOP”:
if car_stopped == True:
print(“the car has already stopped”)
else:
print(“The car has stopped”)
car_stopped = True
elif car_command == “HELP”:
print(“””
start – to start the car
stop – to stop the car
quit – to quit
“””)
elif car_command == “QUIT”:
break
else:
print(“I don’t understand”)

print(“done”)

Above is the full code. This is a simple game that allows the player to
stop or start the car, quit the game or quiry help. After modifications
to prevent starting a running car or stopping a stopped car an error appeared.
Line 20 has a red ‘(‘ parenthesis. I no longer have the run drop down menu.
I see the DEBUG CONSOLE but it is not very intuitive. Any help will be
greatly appreciated. (I have a sneaky suspicion that one character was
accidentally typed in the coding area.) Thank you.