On 12/07/2015 18:33, Simon Evans wrote:
Dear Peter Otten,
I typed in (and did not copy and paste) the code as you suggested just now
(6.28 pm, Sunday 12th July 2015), this is the result I got:
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Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r")as f:
... soup = BeautifulSoup(f,"lxml")
File "<stdin>", line 2
soup = BeautifulSoup(f,"lxml")
^
IndentationError: expected an indented block
soup = BeautifulSoup(f,"lxml")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'f' is not defined
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The first time I typed in the second line, I got the
"Indentation error"
the second time I typed in exactly the same code, I got the:
"NameError:name 'f' is not defined"
You can tell that to the marines :)
>>> with open("ecologicalpyramid.html","r")as f:
... soup = BeautifulSoup(f)
... producer_entries = soup.find("ul")
... producer_entries
...
<ul id="producers">
<li class="producers">
</li><li class="producerlist">
<div class="name">plants</div>
<div class="number">100000</div>
</li>
<li class="producerlist">
<div class="name">algae</div>
<div class="number">100000</div>
</li>
</ul>
>>>
Can I suggest that you slow down. It strikes me that you're trying to
run a marathon a day for a year before you can even walk. For example
is the file path in your call to open() correct? Frankly I very much
doubt it, although it is possible.
Perhaps you'd be more comfortable on the tutor mailing list? If so see
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor or gmane.comp.python.tutor.
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