Double variable if statement not working

Question

I'm making a double variable if statement and it keeps returning an error. I don't know what's wrong:

variable = float(0)

for index in range(10):

    variable = variable + float(2)

    if x <= float(variable/3) and > float(variable-2.0/3):
        # do something

    else:
        pass

or something like that. This is the basic structure. Why does it keep highlighting the > in red whenever I try to run it?

Answer 1

Python supports regular inequalities as well, so you could just write this:

if variable - 2.0 / 3 < x <= variable / 3:
    # ...

Answer 2

You want to do something like

if ((x <= float(variable/3)) and (x > float(variable-2.0/3))):
       # do something

 else:
       pass

In other words, each side of the and must be a boolean expression on its own. I'm not sure whether you need all the parenthesis.