SytaxError: invalid syntax on python test condition

Question

I keep getting SytaxError: invalid syntax on my 2nd test condition (counter=1) in the python 3 code below. I can't understand what I'm doing wrong. Would appreciate a pointer. Thanks

var="bubba"
final=var[0]
var2=tuple(var)
list=[]
counter=0
for each in var2:
    if each==final and counter=1:
        each= "H"
        counter=counter+1
        list.append(each)
    else:
        list.append(each)
        counter=counter+1

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65834975/sytaxerror-invalid-syntax-on-python-test-condition

Answer 1

I see that the error counter=1 is not the correct syntax. Since it's in an if statement, you will be comparing, not setting. Instead, on that line, it should be changed to:

if each==final and counter==1:

It should be == not =.

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