Syntax error with a if / else statement (Python / Selenium)

Question

I'my trying to apply an if / else statement in Python to know if I have an element or not and if it is the case, click on it. But I don't know why I have a syntax error and I don't see where I have made a mistake.

This is the part of my code concerned by this issue:

if driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/button[2]"):
 driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/button[2]".click()
 print "Oh this conversation already exists !"
 else:
 print "No conflict!

When I launch my script, I have the following syntax error:

> File "group_discussion_script.py", line 51 print "Oh this
> conversation already exists !
> ^ syntaxError: invalid syntax

I wonder if this line is really tolerated?

driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/button[2]".click()

Any idea whats wrong?

Answer 1

Fixed, I have simply forgot to close the parenthesis:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/button[2]").click()
 HERE^

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