On 7/22/10, Evert Rol <evert....@gmail.com> wrote: >> Attached is a file. When I run the program it is part of, I get an >> error that says: >> line 62: IndentationError: expected an indented block. > > This function: > > def fromString(self, str): > #creates a Craft object from the string > #end class Craft > > > Is completely empty (the comment lines are discarded). So Python expects any > next piece of code to be inside this method (and thus indented). Oh, I did not realize it threw out comments. That explains it, then! > If you want an empty function, use 'pass' instead. > > (also consider using four spaces for indentation, which I've also found much > clearer. Have a read through PEP 8; has a lot of interesting tidbits. > And an editor with a good Python mode is very handy, because that would have > almost automatically indented the next piece of code, 'class > Battleship(Craft)', which would have indicated something went awry before > that line). The only problem is that I have not found an accessible editor that will do this. > > > >> I can see nothing wrong with the indentation, though. This is part of >> my Battleship game, defining all the different ships and aircraft the >> user can have, as well as the special weapons methods for each ship. >> If anyone can spot the problem, it would be great. I know I only >> indent one space, instead of the normal four, but I use a screen >> reader and it is a lot easier and faster to do it this way. If a >> version of Python based on braces instead of indents were released, my >> world would be so much better! > >
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