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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

#24622 — Following syntax error in Mac OX10.7 Terminal

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

When I run Python IDE it seems to work fine.  The following code is:


a=0
while a<10:
    a=a+1
    print a 


Kind regards

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#24626

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.
-- 
CPython 3.3.0a4 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17803

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#24631

Thank you very much I didn't realise that the indentation was important.  The IDE indents automatically whilst terminal doesn't. 
Thanks for pointing it out.

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