Hi everyone!
I am a novice programmer and actually learning to program in Python. I have
two issues that I am embarrassed to present as they seem to be extremely
basic.
1. But encouraged by the site to ask event the most basic questions on
this forum, here goes:
I am using the book:
Practical Programming: an introduction to computer science using Python 3.
As per its instructions I am using the IDLE environment (Python shell) of
Python [3.2.3 MSC v.1500 64 bit AMD64]. I have been going through the book
without any problems but have become stuck at the following stage:
When using "if" and "elif" statement I get two types of error messages:
1. Practicing the code as given in the book:
>>> ph = float(input('Enter the pH level: '))
Enter the pH level: 8.5
>>> if ph < 7.0:
... print(ph, "is acidic.")
... elif ph > 7.0:
... print(ph, "is basic.")
When I write this in the Python shell, as soon as I hit return after "elif
ph > 7.0:"
I get an error message highlighting "elif" and saying syntax error.
Or if I try the indentation as follows with elif aligned if above I get the
message below:
>>> ph = float(input('Enter the pH level: '))
Enter the pH level: 8.5
>>> if ph < 7.0:
... print(ph, "is acidic.")
... elif ph > 7.0:
... print(ph, "is basic.")
"SyntaxError: : unindent does not match any outer indentation level.
I have tried everything I can think of but to no avail. Please help.
2. Another problem is that the Python shell is allowing me to copy/paste
any code at all. Is there something I am not doing right?
Apologies in advance for wasting everyone's time but will be very grateful
if I am helped.
Saad
_______________________________________________
Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
