[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Simon Forman wrote: >>> I got rid of the triple quote string at the start of the function, and >>> that cleared up the problem, though I don't know why. >>> >> Ah, yes. The docstring for a function (or at least its first >> triple-quote) must be indented to the same degree as its statements. >> (If you're using IDLE it should have indented it for you when you hit >> return after the def statement.) >> >> HTH, >> ~Simon > > Hi Simon: > > Thanks. I code in VB / VBA, and use indented structure, but it's not > enforced they way it is in Python - still getting used to that. Also, I > got goofed up editing some of the code in VIM, indenting with tabs, and > then switching to IDLE, with space indentation. Whoops... > > Thanks for all the help everyone, my first Python program is now > working! > > Keith >
Tips: if you're coding with VIM, put "set expandtab" in your config file. That way, each tab will be expanded into the corresponding number of spaces ... Whatever the language, I find it always a bad idea to mix spaces and tabs, and I prefer spaces ... Pierre -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
