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Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

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On 15/12/2014 02:32, Chris Roy-Smith wrote:
> On 15/12/14 10:21, Simon Evans wrote:
>> Dear Jussi, and Billy
>> I have changed the input in accordance with your advice, re:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
>> (Intel)] on win
>
> here the user is using python 2.7.6
>
>
>> 32
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
>>>>> with open("ecologicalpyramid.html","r") as ecological_pyramid:
>> ...      soup = next(ecological_pyramid,"lxml")
>> ...      producer_entries = soup.find("ul")
>> ...      print(producer_entries.li.div.string)
>> ... print(producer_entries.li.div.string)
>>    File "<stdin>", line 5
>>      print(producer_entries.li.div.string)
>>          ^
>
> and here he uses a python 3.x print syntax which triggers the following
> error message
>
>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>>> print (producer_entries.li.div.string)
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> NameError: name 'producer_entries' is not defined
>

I didn't realise that Python was so smart.  It can indicate a syntax 
error at the final 't' in print before it gets to the opening bracket 
that is required for the print function in Python 3 (and Python 2 if 
you're using "from __future__ import print_function")?

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-12-14 08:15 -0800
  Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-12-14 11:36 -0500
  Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-12-14 10:37 -0800
    Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2014-12-14 20:51 +0200
  Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Billy Earney <billy.earney@gmail.com> - 2014-12-14 10:43 -0600
  Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-12-14 15:21 -0800
    Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-15 11:36 +1100
    Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Chris Roy-Smith <chris_roysmith@internode.on.net> - 2014-12-15 13:32 +1100
      Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-15 13:42 +1100
      Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-12-15 02:47 +0000
      Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-12-14 22:27 -0700
      Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-15 16:32 +1100
      Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-12-14 22:38 -0700
      Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-12-14 23:51 -0600
      Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-15 16:52 +1100
  Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-12-18 08:19 -0800
    Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 09:35 -0700
  Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Simon Evans <musicalhacksaw@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-04 04:49 -0800
    Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-04 13:11 +0000
    Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2015-01-04 09:14 -0500

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