code: def transform_crap(code):  #needs some more tests
      
      ind = code.rfind('?')
      if ind == -1:
          return code
      sep = code.find(':', ind)
      if sep == -1:
          raise SyntaxError('Invalid ?: syntax (probably missing ":" )')
      beg = max(code.rfind(':', 0, ind), code.find('?', 0, ind)) + 1
      end = code.find(':', sep + 1)
      end = len(code) if end == -1 else end
      formula = '(' + code[ind + 1:sep] + ' if ' + code[
          beg:ind] + ' else ' + code[sep + 1:end] + ')'
      return transform_crap(code[:beg] + formula + code[end:])
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