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Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ?

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On 07/12/2015 05:48 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
> Dear Peter Otten,
> Yes, I have been copying and pasting, as it saves typing. I do get 'indented block' error responses as a small price
 > to pay for the time and energy thus saved.
 >
You CANNOT ignore indenting.
Indenting is NOT optional, it is REQUIRED by Python syntax.
Changing indenting TOTALLY changes the meaning.

 > Also Console seems to reject for 'indented block' reasons better known to itself, copy and
 > pasted lines that it accepts and  are exactly the same on the following line of input.
 >
As above, that is Python syntax.

 > Maybe it is an inbuilt feature of Python's to discourage copy and pasting.
 >
Absolutely not.  As noted above, this is the way Python is defined to work.

      -=- Larry -=-

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Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-11 15:17 -0700
  Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 00:06 +0100
  Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 01:59 -0700
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-07-12 11:51 +0200
  Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 04:48 -0700
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-07-12 14:26 +0200
  Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 05:36 -0700
  Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 05:48 -0700
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-07-12 15:12 +0200
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-12 13:06 -0700
  Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 10:33 -0700
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-07-12 19:05 +0100
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 19:23 +0100
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? "Albert Visser" <albert.visser@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 20:34 +0200
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-12 21:47 +0200
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 21:09 +0100
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-12 22:29 +0200
    Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 21:48 +0100
  Re: Why doesn't input code return 'plants' as in 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' text (on page 30) ? Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@free.fr> - 2015-07-12 19:54 +0200
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