Thanks for all the remarks. The problem was indeed a missing . at the end.
Roelof > To: tutor@python.org > From: alan.ga...@btinternet.com > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:00:36 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Tutor] why does this not work > > On 24/04/13 04:27, frederico Batista wrote: > > Dave, you clearly don't know codecademy. > > Please be nice to him. > > To be fair to Dave he was very polite and showed the OP all the things > that were needed to enable the users of this forum to help him. Very few > of us are familiar with codeacademy - indeed until this thread I don't > think I've come across it before. I certainly didn't know it > had its own runtime environment. > > > Also, I recommend the codecademy forums. They have a lot of material > > about every exercise. > > Posting in the most specific forum is always best so if the issue is > with codeacademy that would be the best place. But I guess it would be > hard for the OP to figure out if his problem is with Python or with > Codeacademy... > > > Wrong? > > 1) your message is in html, not text. So the formatting is messy. > > It could have been worse, so please learn how to make your email > > program behave. > > 2) You didn't show your whole program. If this is all you have in > > the file, then nothing will print because nothing calls your function. > > 3) You didn't describe your environment, including python version & > > OS. And if Oscar's conjecture is correct, all bets are off because > > most of us won't be familiar with the strange environment. > > 4) I can't see how you could possibly get the message: > > 'It looks like output other than yes/no does not return "Sorry, I > > didn\'t understand you."' And in fact the last part of the message > > is different than the literal in the program, so you've got a typo > > besides. Please use cut&paste to show your actual code, your actual > > output. > > > > After reading oscar's comment, my guess is that codeacademy (not > > Python) is complaining about the period at the end of your last > > literal string. > > > > -- > > DaveA > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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