On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 3:08:28 AM UTC-4, Peter Otten wrote:
> brg...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I typed the If part of an If/Else statement, but did not get a prompt at
> > the beginning of the next line when I hit return. Instead, the cursor
> > lined up under the "p" of "print." Here is the line of text (it's part of
> > a longer bit of coding, I copied out of a textbook).
> >
> >>>> if right_this_minute in odds:
> > print("This minute seems a little odd.") [Return]
> >
> > You can't see it, but the cursor is blinking under the "p."
> >
> > Why is this happening and what's the fix?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tamara
>
> It works as designed; the interpreter has no way of knowing whether you are
> about to write another line belonging to the if suite, like in
>
> if foo:
> print("clearing foo")
> foo = False
>
> That's why you have to hit <return> twice to trigger execution of the code.
>
> By the way, when you copy (or write) a "longer bit" I recomend that you put
> the code into a py file so that you don't have to retype it when you want to
> make a small modification. Instead you can just hit F5 and see the effect of
> your changes.
Thanks, Peter, for your quick reply. But here's what happened. When I hit
<return> twice, the cursor did go back to the margin, but skipped two lines
before doing so. Then when I hit <return> after "else:" I got an error message
again. What did I do wrong?
Also, could you please tell me how to create a py file. Thanks.
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