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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 13:11:18 +1000
Subject: Re: Wikibooks example doesn't work
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Seymore4Head
<Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote:
> Why not?
> I think I know why it isn't working, but I don't know enough yet on
> how it should work.
> The If statement isn't getting read.

One thing you need to learn about Python... or, for that matter,
pretty much any language. "It isn't working" is not very helpful; what
you need to do is show what you expect and what it does. If the script
throws an exception, post the full traceback.

ChrisA