On Oct 24, 1:15 pm, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > huisky wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to use the interactive mode under DOS for Python 2.7. As a > > newbie, I do NOT know what is the following problem: > > >>>>world_is_flat=1 > >>>>if world_is_flat: > > . . . print "be carefule to be not fall out!" > > File "<stdin>", line 2 > > print "be carefule to be not fall out!" > > ^ > > IndenatationError : expected an idented block > > > Enybody knows how to fix this simple issue? > > > regards > > The lines that shall be executed when world_is_flat is True must be indented > more than the if. If you don't follow this rule Python complains and raises > an IndentationError. > > >>> if world_is_flat: > > ... print "be careful" > File "<stdin>", line 2 > print "be careful" > ^ > IndentationError: expected an indented block > > The easiest way to indent in interactive mode is to hit TAB once: > > >>> if world_is_flat: > > ... print "be careful" > ... > be careful > > By the way, you should not retype your error messages because that is error > prone. Instead cut and paste. I think there is an entry in the system menu > of the dos window to help you do that. > > Peter
Excellent reply! thanks very much Peter. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
