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Re: Why does not pprint work?

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Date Wed, 23 Jul 2014 07:49:53 +1000
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 7:42 AM, fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> wrote:
> I enter the example lines of that website:
>
>
> import pprint
> board = [ [0]*8 ] * 8
> pprint(board)

Flaw in the blog post: he didn't actually specify the import line.
What you actually want is this:

from pprint import pprint

Or use pprint.pprint(board), but you probably don't need anything else
from the module.

Ned, if you're reading this: Adding the import would make the post clearer. :)

ChrisA

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Why does not pprint work? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 14:42 -0700
  Re: Why does not pprint work? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-23 07:49 +1000
  Re: Why does not pprint work? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-07-22 14:51 -0700
    Re: Why does not pprint work? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 15:05 -0700
      Re: Why does not pprint work? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-07-22 15:17 -0700
      Re: Why does not pprint work? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-23 08:19 +1000
      Re: Why does not pprint work? Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2014-07-22 15:22 -0700
  Re: Why does not pprint work? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-07-22 22:26 -0400
  Re: Why does not pprint work? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-23 15:05 +1000
  Re: Why does not pprint work? robkotenko@gmail.com - 2014-08-03 14:34 -0700
    Re: Why does not pprint work? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-03 23:49 +0100

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