On 08/02/2011 10:36 PM, Richard D. Moores wrote:
Puzzled again. Why the error. Line 36 is the line just above "import
os.path". I have many other functions in mycalc.py with examples
formatted exactly the same way.
def convertPath(path):
"""
Given a path with backslashes, return that path with forward slashes.
By Steven D'Aprano 07/31/2011 on Tutor list
>>> path = r'C:\Users\Dick\Desktop\Documents\Notes\College Notes.rtf'
>>> convertPath(path)
'C:/Users/Dick/Desktop/Documents/Notes/College Notes.rtf'
"""
import os.path
separator = os.path.sep
if separator != '/':
path = path.replace(os.path.sep, '/')
return path
from mycalc import convertPath
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 36, in<fragment>
Syntax Error: """: c:\Python32\lib\site-packages\mycalc.py, line 36-1
def convertPath(path):
"""
Given a path with backslashes, return that path with forward slashes.
By Steven D'Aprano 07/31/2011 on Tutor list
>>> path = r'C:\Users\Dick\Desktop\Documents\Notes\College Notes.rtf'
>>> convertPath(path)
'C:/Users/Dick/Desktop/Documents/Notes/College Notes.rtf'
"""
import os.path
separator = os.path.sep
if separator != '/':
path = path.replace(os.path.sep, '/')
When I paste that from your email into a file and run Python 2.7 on it,
it behaves fine with no errors. That's in Linux.
But the easiest explanation is that you perhaps used a funny character
for your triple-quotes. And when you retyped them on a new line, you
typed regular ones.
For example, I've seen that sort of thing when someone wrote code in a
Windows word processor that had "smart quotes."
--
DaveA
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