SyntaxError can t assign to function call

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This line in my program   invest initial amount top company 5 year year 1     subsequent amount   causes me to get this error   SyntaxError  can t assign to function call   How do I fix this and make use of value of the function call

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You wrote the assignment backward  to assign a value  or an expression  to a variable you must have that variable at the left side of the assignment operator     in python    subsequent amount   invest initial amount top company 5 year year 1

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You are assigning to a function call   invest initial amount top company 5 year year 1     subsequent amount   which is illegal in Python  The question is  what do you want to do  What does invest   do  I suppose it returns a value  namely what you re trying to use as subsequent amount  right   If so  then something like this should work   amount   invest amount top company 5 year year 1  year

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You have done it backwards  it should be   amount   invest amount top company 5 year year 1  year

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Syntactically  this line makes no sense   invest initial amount top company 5 year year 1     subsequent amount   You are attempting to assign a value to a function call  as the error says  What are you trying to accomplish  If you re trying set subsequent amount to the value of the function call  switch the order   subsequent amount   invest initial amount top company 5 year year 1

[python] SyntaxError: "can't assign to function call"

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