[FIXED] else: not working in jupyter notebook python 3

Issue

I'm running some basic commands in Jupyter Notebook(via python 3), and my they aren't running properly. In the code if I set A to equal 1, the IF statement works fine but if I set it higher than b the else statement doesn't do anything. it simply prints test without the else string i wrote. I'm very new to coding, so I apologize for any incorrect terminology. I used proper spacing for the if-else statements as well(4 spaces) Here is my code.

edit: I did find an alternative code that functions properly but I'm still confused as to why the first doesn't work, here is the alternative.

edit 2: it has come to my attention that I should have posted the code in text, so Ill post the first one(the problem):

a = 5
b = 2
if a < b:
    print("a is less than b")
else:
    print:("a is NOT less than b")
print ("test")

Solution

Your issue is you have a colon after your print word in the else statment. change

print:("a is NOT less than b")

to

print("a is NOT less than b")

Answered By - Chris Doyle