On Apr 4, 3:19 pm, "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (snipped)
> > print > print ' ' * left_margin + '+' + '-' * (box_width-2) + '+' > print ' ' * left_margin + '| ' + ' ' * text_width + ' |' > print ' ' * left_margin + '| ' + ' ' sentence + ' |' > print ' ' * left_margin + '| ' + ' ' * text_width + ' |' > print ' ' * left_margin + '+' + '-' * (box_width-2) + ' |' > print > > ****end code**** > > Now that, even though copied straight from "Beginning Python: From Novice to > Professional", returns : > There's an error in your program: invalid syntax > (snipped) Others have pointed out the mistake. I'll just add that in this particular case, one might want to pad lines with some whitespace and change the middle print statement to: print print ' ' * left_margin + '+' + '-' * box_width + '+' print ' ' * left_margin + '|' + '-' * box_width + '|' print ' ' * left_margin + '|' + sentence.center(box_width) + '|' print ' ' * left_margin + '|' + '-' * box_width + '|' print ' ' * left_margin + '+' + '-' * box_width + '+' to improve legibility. -- Hope this helps, Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
