[Tutor] Python trouble

2015-12-29 Thread Nathan Clark
This is a fibonnaci sequence generator, the colon causes a syntax error #set variables num_1 = 1 num_2 = 2 count = 0 terms = int(input("How many terms of the fibonnaci sequence would you like?") #function while terms != count : num_3 =num_1+num_2 print (num_3) num_1=num_2

Re: [Tutor] Python trouble

2015-12-29 Thread Alan Gauld
On 29/12/15 16:52, Nathan Clark wrote: > This is a fibonnaci sequence generator, the colon causes a syntax error Please always post the full error text. It contains much useful information. > terms = int(input("How many terms of the fibonnaci sequence would you > like?") Count the

Re: [Tutor] Python trouble

2015-12-29 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Nathan Clark <26110...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a fibonnaci sequence generator, the colon causes a syntax error > > > #set variables > num_1 = 1 > num_2 = 2 > count = 0 > terms = int(input("How many terms of the fibonnaci sequence would you > like?") > > >

Re: [Tutor] Python trouble (Nathan Clark)

2015-12-29 Thread Ricardo Martínez
Hi, the problem is in the line that says: terms = int(input("How many terms of the fibonnaci sequence would you like?") is missing a closing ')' take a look: terms = int(input("How many terms of the fibonnaci sequence would you like?")) Hope you help.

Re: [Tutor] Python Trouble, Please Help!

2013-08-08 Thread Alan Gauld
On 25/07/13 00:23, Jonathan Hong wrote: because of my lack of computer knowledge. When I do put in python helloworld.py into the command prompt line, the computer gives me a response of: python: can't open file 'hello.py': [Errno 2] No such file You need to supply the full path to the file

[Tutor] Python Trouble, Please Help!

2013-08-07 Thread Jonathan Hong
Hello, I am currently working with the Python programming language and had a very basic question regarding the start up of Python. For some reason, when I open up the Command Prompt in my Windows 7 computer, I am unable to access python files. So when I type in the python command, I am able to

Re: [Tutor] Python Trouble, Please Help!

2013-08-07 Thread Walter Prins
Hi, On 25 July 2013 00:23, Jonathan Hong jayhong...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am currently working with the Python programming language and had a very basic question regarding the start up of Python. For some reason, when I open up the Command Prompt in my Windows 7 computer, I am unable

Re: [Tutor] Python trouble

2011-04-23 Thread Alan Gauld
Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote Ok let me try to be more clear. I am trying to write code in the IDLE Python GUI of python 2.7. start a command that goes over two or more lines, the prompt will change to three dots ... Sadly in IDLE it won't do this (I hate that feature of

[Tutor] Python trouble

2011-04-22 Thread Alex Butler
Ok let me try to be more clear. I am trying to write code in the IDLE Python GUI of python 2.7. When I open the new python shell, there is a written header as well as the three s on the left side. I now those are used as indents and I do not type them in. However, whenever I write any type of

Re: [Tutor] Python trouble

2011-04-22 Thread Steve Willoughby
On 22-Apr-11 11:52, Alex Butler wrote: Ok let me try to be more clear. I am trying to write code in the IDLE Python GUI of python 2.7. When I open the new python shell, there is a written header as well as the three s on the left side. I now those are used as indents and I do not type them in.

Re: [Tutor] Python trouble

2011-04-22 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Alex Butler wrote: Ok let me try to be more clear. I am trying to write code in the IDLE Python GUI of python 2.7. When I open the new python shell, there is a written header as well as the three s on the left side. I now those are used as indents and I do not type them in. However, whenever