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Re: Following syntax error in Mac OX10.7 Terminal

Date 2012-06-28 12:31 -0500
From Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Following syntax error in Mac OX10.7 Terminal
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On 6/28/2012 12:11 PM, David Thomas wrote:
> Hi,
> I have the following error regarding a loop tutorial found on http://www.sthurlow.com/python/lesson04/
> 
>>>> a=0
>>>> while a<10:
> ... a=a+1
>   File "<stdin>", line 2
>     a=a+1
>     ^
> IndentationError: expected an indented block

You indented in the IDE, but not in the interpreter. Indent with a space
or a tab. In Python, indentation is syntactically important. Everything
indented will be part of that while loop; the next line that isn't
indented will be considered not part of the loop.
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CPython 3.3.0a4 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17803

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Following syntax error in Mac OX10.7 Terminal David Thomas <dthomas86@me.com> - 2012-06-28 10:11 -0700
  Re: Following syntax error in Mac OX10.7 Terminal Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2012-06-28 12:31 -0500
    Re: Following syntax error in Mac OX10.7 Terminal David Thomas <dthomas86@me.com> - 2012-06-28 11:22 -0700

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