🔒 my code refuses to run and outputs this START

[neon swallow]

START : This command cannot be run due to the error: The system cannot find the file specified.
At line:1 char:1

• START

•   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand
  
  
  

here is my code

'gameON = input("Welcome to Arnamark! Type START to start!")
conversationNum = 0
route = 1
if gameON == "START":
gameON == True

if gameON == True:
conversationNum = 1

if conversationNum == 1 :
print("You find yourself at an impass in a great forest, with 2 forks in the road. ")
print("Which route do you take?")
route == input("Type 1 for a long trailing path with berries and nuts, but with no end in sight."
"Type 2 for a shorter path with a tavern at the end, but with no food or forageables.")
if you need anymore info just ask me
(this is for making a text game by the way)

[meager zodiac]

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[neon swallow]

oh, i also expect it to get up to conversationNum wehere it prints everything out, put instead it gets stuck on the first input

[somber gulch]

try running it with this command python file_name_here.py

i don't think there's anything wrong with the code itself, it's probably the run command

if you're using vscode, this can happen because your python file isn't in the parent directory

[neon swallow]

woops i can check that now

yeah im guessing i need to move that

[somber gulch]

what does it say on the terminal

like what's the path

[neon swallow]

"C:/Users/myname/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3.12.exe" "c:/Users/myname/Documents/Arnamark/arnamark.py

[somber gulch]

type python c:/Users/myname/Documents/Arnamark/arnamark.py in your terminal and see if that runs it

[neon swallow]

i get error number 2, no such file or directory

im pretty positive i put in my username correctly because i took it out of the path because its my name

[somber gulch]

sorry i'm not too sure
perhaps something is wrong with your vscode configuration

[supple moat]

What happens if you click the run button?

[neon swallow]

i get to the part where it goes "welcome to arnamark, type start to start" then when i say start...nothing happens lol

[supple moat]

Did you press enter?

After typing start

Oh nvm

You're using == for assignment, on the first if

[neon swallow]

ohhh i see

[supple moat]

You want gameON= True, not gameON==True, the first one sets gameON to true, the second one checks if it's true

[neon swallow]

right here im quessing

[supple moat]

Yup

[somber gulch]

:0

oops i thought it just wasn't running

[neon swallow]

ah hah! thank you @supple moat

you too bikaty

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[meager zodiac]

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