Tim, After a little more research, I did find that out. It is funny, but in the tutorial "Non-Programmers Tutorial For Python", it makes no mention of the indentation issue, at least in the beginning portions which I had read.
This is an age old problem of learning. Once you know something, much of it seems simple and the knowledge of it can become assumed. One of the first things that should be done when providing training is to assess your audience. I am going to pick up a book like "Beginning Python" or "Learning Python" this weekend. Thanks so much for the info. Newsgroups are a great source of info, and folks like yourself are the reason why this is true. Best Regards, Ralph Tim Roberts wrote: > "Ralph H. Stoos Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am reading a Python tutorial for complete non-programmers. >> >> The code below is so simple as to be insulting but the assignment of the >> "ready" variable gives a syntax error. >> >> The code reads letter-for-letter like the tutorial states. > > Letter for letter, maybe, but not space for space. Indentation is > important in Python. The "ready =", "if ready", and "else:" statements > must start in column 1. The two print statements need to be indented, as > they are. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list