Following syntax error in Mac OX10.7 Terminal

[David Thomas]

Hi,
I have the following error regarding a loop tutorial found on http://www.sthurlow.com/python/lesson04/
.... 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

 

[Andrew Berg]

Hi,
I have the following error regarding a loop tutorial found on http://www.sthurlow.com/python/lesson04/

... 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.

 

[David Thomas]

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.