Cai Gengyang <gengyang...@gmail.com> writes: > So what do i need to do to correct the error ? > > Regards > > > On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 2:48:16 PM UTC+8, Terry Reedy wrote: >> On 9/26/2016 1:59 AM, Cai Gengyang wrote: >> > Why is it that you need a print() at the end to create the table for >> > example 1: >> > >> > Example 1 --- >> > >> >>>> for row in range(10): >> > for column in range(10): >> > print("*",end=" ") >> > # Print a blank line for next row >> > print() >> >> These indents are either 4 or 8 spaces. >> >> The print provides a carriage return. >> Each line ends with a space. >> >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> >> One can avoid both extra print and spaces with >> >> for row in range(10): >> for column in range(10): >> print("*", end=" " if column<9 else '\n') >> >> # or >> for row in range(10): >> print(' '.join(['*']*10)) >> # or >> print((' '.join(['*']*10)+'\n')*10) >> >> # or >> for row in range(10): >> print('* '*9 + '*') >> # or >> print(('* '*9 + '*\n')*10) >> >> >> > but not for Example 2 --- >> > >> > for row in range(10): >> > print("*",end=" ") >> > >> > * * * * * * * * * * >> > >> > When I try to do example 1 without the print() statement at the end, I get >> > this error : >> > >> > for row in range(10): >> > for column in range(10): >> > print("*",end=" ") >> >> These indents are 4 spaces and 1 tabs. >> >> > SyntaxError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation >> >> Because you mixed tabs and spaces. Has nothing to do with print statement. >> >> >> -- >> Terry Jan Reedy
Reindent your lines. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list