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Re: How to debug Python IDLE?

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On 2014-10-15 20:36, ryguy7272 wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:23:22 PM UTC-4, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> On 10/15/2014 3:09 PM, ryguy7272 wrote:
>>
>> > I'm wondering how to debug code in IDLE Python 3.4.  I found this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Use 3.4.2, which has an important bugfix for debugger.
>>
>>
>>
>> > http://www.cs.uky.edu/~paulp/CS115F11/notes/debug/debug.html
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>> >
>>
>> > That looks pretty helpful,
>>
>>
>>
>> > but mine is nothing like that.  All my controls are greyed out.
>>
>>
>>
>> That is normal when you first turn debugger on.  You have to load a file
>>
>> in the editor and then run it (F5).  On the site above, the file is
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>> volume.py.  The the debugger is 'activated'.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Terry Jan Reedy
>
>
> Oh, I didn't know that's how it works.  ok.  Makes sense.  Something is still wrong though.  I have a file named 'test_script.py'.
>
> Here's the code:
>
> def showMaxFactor(num):
>       count = num / 2
>       while count > 1:
>            if num % count == 0:
>            print 'largest factor of %d is %d' % \
>                 (num, count)
>            break
>            count -= 1
>       else:
>            print num, "is prime"
>       for eachNum in range(10, 21):
>            showMaxFactor(eachNum)
>
> With the debugger ON, I hit F5 and get this.
> 'Expected an indent block'
>
> I wouldn't say that's debugging anything.  I can't tell what line is throwing the error, or how to fix it.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
The 'print' line is indented the same as the 'if' line.

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How to debug Python IDLE? ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 12:09 -0700
  Re: How to debug Python IDLE? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-15 15:22 -0400
    Re: How to debug Python IDLE? ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 12:36 -0700
      Re: How to debug Python IDLE? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-10-15 20:52 +0100
      Re: How to debug Python IDLE? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-15 22:21 -0400
  Re: How to debug Python IDLE? ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 13:45 -0700
    Re: How to debug Python IDLE? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-15 22:19 +0100

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