What's wrong in my syntax?

Question

print("what do you wish us to perform?" \n "1." + a + "-" + b + "OR" \n "2." + b + "-" + a

I want the following output =》
What do you wish us to perform ?
1.a-b OR
2.b-a

Answer 1

actually, you should simplify:

print("""What do you wish us to perform ?
1.a-b OR
2.b-a"""

Answer 2

in that case:

print("what do you wish us to perform?\n1. " + a + "-" + b + "OR \n2. " + b + "-" + a)

Answer 3

should include single quotes to display characters ('a'),use double quotes and + operator appropriately .

print("what do you wish us to perform? \n"+ "1." + 'a' + "-" + 'b' + " OR \n"+ "2." + 'b' + "-" + 'a');

Answer 4

i wanted to display the character held by "a" and "b" so tried to do in that format
anyway thanks Frederic :)

Answer 5

okay i shall try it Doc. Thank you for your help :)