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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 07:49:53 +1000
Subject: Re: Why does not pprint work?
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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