Unable to repeat function in else statement getting error 'str' object not callable

Question

So i have looked at different posts where people posted about the same error code and tried some different modifications of my code by making some variables global.

def SchoolYear():
 os.system('clear')
 print('Please enter Which Year you are in School. EX.) 11th or Senior')
 print('')
 global SchoolYear
 SchoolYear = input('Please enter the class: ')
 if SchoolYear in ('11th', '12th', '10th', '9th', 'Senior', 'senior', 'freshman', 'Freshman', 'sophomore', 'Sopomore', 'junior', 'Junior' ):
    print('Good Job')
 else:
    print("Invalid Entry Please Try again...")
    print('')
    SchoolYear()

All i want the code to de is if it doesnt match my critia then to repeat the same function but i contiously get the error code 'str' object not callable

Answer 1

The program is confusing the SchoolYear variable name with the SchoolYear function name. Change the name of the function or the variable and it will work:

def SchoolYearFunc():
    os.system('clear')
    print('Please enter Which Year you are in School. EX.) 11th or Senior')
    print('')
    global SchoolYear
    SchoolYear = input('Please enter the class: ')
    if SchoolYear in ('11th', '12th', '10th', '9th', 'Senior', 'senior', 'freshman', 'Freshman', 'sophomore', 'Sopomore', 'junior', 'Junior' ):
        print('Good Job')
    else:
        print("Invalid Entry Please Try again...")
        print('')
        SchoolYearFunc()

Answer 2

how about

var = raw_input("Please enter something: ")
print "you entered", var

if var in ['11th', '12th', '10th', '9th', 'Senior', 'senior', 'freshman', 'Freshman', 'sophomore', 'Sopomore', 'junior', 'Junior']:
    print('Good Job')
 else:
    print("Invalid Entry Please Try again...")

is there a reason you want to enclose the above functionality inside a class?