How do I fix this TypeError str object is not callable error

Question

I m creating a basic program that will use a GUI to get a price of an item  then take 10  off of the price if the initial price is less than 10  or take 20  off of the price if the initial price is greater than ten   import easygui price easygui enterbox  What is the price of the item    if float price   lt  10      easygui msgbox  Your new price is     float price    0 1   elif float price   gt  10      easygui msgbox  Your new price is     float price    0 2     I keep getting this error though     easygui msgbox  Your new price is     float price    0 1   TypeError   str  object is not callable    Why am I getting this error

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this part    quot Your new price is    quot  float price   asks python to call this string   quot Your new price is    quot  just like you would a function  function  some args   which will ALWAYS trigger the error  TypeError   str  object is not callable

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You are trying to use the string as a function    Your new price is     float price    0 1    Because there is nothing between the string literal and the      parenthesis  Python interprets that as an instruction to treat the string as a callable and invoke it with one argument    gt  gt  gt   Hello World   42  Traceback  most recent call last     File   lt stdin gt    line 1  in  lt module gt  TypeError   str  object is not callable   Seems you forgot to concatenate  and call str      easygui msgbox  Your new price is       str float price    0 1     The next line needs fixing as well   easygui msgbox  Your new price is       str float price    0 2     Alternatively  use string formatting with str format     easygui msgbox  Your new price is      2f   format float price    0 1   easygui msgbox  Your new price is      2f   format float price    0 2     where   02 2f  will be replaced by your price calculation  formatting the floating point value as a value with 2 decimals

[python] How do I fix this "TypeError: 'str' object is not callable" error?

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