[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > I am very new to both programming and Pyhton and while trying to do > some practice using A byte of python an Error pops up on the IDLE > shell. I am using windows XP. PLease see below. > while running: > guess = int(raw_input('Enter an integer : ')) > > if guess == number: > print 'Congratulations, you guessed it.' > running = False # this causes the while loop to stop > elif guess < number: > print 'No, it is a little higher than that.' > else: > print 'No, it is a little lower than that.' > else: > print 'The while loop is over.' > # Do anything else you want to do here > > print 'Done' > > After typing the above as the book says, I get the error NameError: > name 'guess' is not defined > What Am I doing wrong?
You most certainly did NOT write the above - because in Python whitespace is significant, and thus the above would result in a syntax-error because you need to have things like if condition: something() and not if condition: something() So unless you post what you *really* entered (and make sure your NG-client/mailclient doesn't eat leading whitespace), nobody will be able to help you. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list