IF Ampscript Error

Question

I have the following Ampscript block:

%%[var @CountryCode, @Text,@Header SET @CountryCode = PersonMailingCountryCode ]%%
%%[IF @CountryCode == "FR" THEN SET @Header = "Happy Birthday"
ELSE SET @Header = "No" ENDIF]%%`
<h1 style="text-align: center; font-family : arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size : 28px; color : #808080; line-height : 1; font-weight : bold;
font-style : normal; ">%%=v(@Header)%%</h1>

When I try to preview it, I get the following error:

The subscriber preview failed to generate. Review the details, correct all issues, and try again. Personalization error: %%&etrnm=%% To fix the problem, please try the following: - Make sure that there is not a space or typo within the personalization string in your email. For example, check and correct any spaces between percent signs (%%) - Correct the HTML Body of your email. Personalization error: %%"> <font face="verdana" size="1" color="#777777"><br> <a href="%% To fix the problem, please try the following: - Make sure that there is not a space or typo within the personalization string in your email. For example, check and correct any spaces between percent signs (%%) - Correct the HTML Body of your email. Personalization error: %%" alias="manage subscriptions">manage subscriptions</a> | <a href="%% To fix the problem, please try the following: - Make sure that there is not a space or typo within the personalization string in your email. For example, check and correct any spaces between percent signs (%%) - Correct the HTML Body of your email. Personalization error: %%" alias="update profile">update profile</a> | <a href="%% To fix the problem, please try the following: - Make sure that there is not a space or typo within the personalization string in your email. For example, check and correct any spaces between percent signs (%%) - Correct the HTML Body of your email.

I have tried moving the syntax around but to no avail. I will appreciate guidance on this.

Answer 1

I believe the issue is just a small mistype. You need to close your variable call for header with '=%%'. See below:

%%[var @CountryCode, @Text,@Header SET @CountryCode = PersonMailingCountryCode ]%%
%%[IF @CountryCode == "FR" THEN SET @Header = "Happy Birthday"
ELSE SET @Header = "No" ENDIF]%%`
<h1 style="text-align: center; font-family : arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size : 28px; color : #808080; line-height : 1; font-weight : bold;
font-style : normal; ">%%=v(@Header)=%%</h1>