Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-02-27 Thread alex23
On 27/02/2014 8:41 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Peter Clark wrote: # Dragons and dungeons, based on CP/M program messages from ca. 1966 # This version designed and produced by peter clark beginning in December 2013 def startandload(n):# introduce program and all

Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-02-27 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Peter Clark wrote: > Hi, I have just started trying to use python version 3, under windows XP, I > have got a simple script (attached) to run as I want in Interpreter mode. > It is saved as a .py file. If I double click on the file the python screen > opens and app

Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Clark
On Thursday, 30 January 2014, 21:27, Peter Clark wrote:   Thank-you.  Please no-one reply to this post.  I just want to put on record my complete p-offed-ness, that having spent 10 days sorting out and hypertexting a library of documentation, I now have to start all over. Please do not respond,

Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-01-30 Thread Peter Clark
Thank-you.  Please no-one reply to this post.  I just want to put on record my complete p-offed-ness, that having spent 10 days sorting out and hypertexting a library of documentation, I now have to start all over. Please do not respond, I am sure it is all my fault. Please do not respond - it

Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-01-30 Thread Zachary Ware
Please reply to the list, rather than to me directly. You can use "Reply to List" if you have that option, or "Reply to All" to make sure you include the list. On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Peter Clark wrote: > I do not know how to dump the screen - it will not let me select anything > with t

Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-01-30 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:26:16 +, Peter Clark wrote: > There is probably an easy solution to this – but I have not found it. > > Trying to terminate a literal in a print statement (from the tutorial). I don't understand the problem. Perhaps if you show us what you have tried, and the error yo

Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-01-30 Thread Zachary Ware
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Peter Clark wrote: > There is probably an easy solution to this – but I have not found it. > > Trying to terminate a literal in a print statement (from the tutorial). > > The literal should be enclosed in double quotes “ “ > > the initial double quote seems to be O

Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-01-30 Thread MRAB
On 2014-01-30 13:26, Peter Clark wrote: There is probably an easy solution to this – but I have not found it. Trying to terminate a literal in a print statement (from the tutorial). The literal should be enclosed in double quotes “ “ the initial double quote seems to be OK (if I use a different c

Re: end quote help for a newbie

2014-01-30 Thread Skip Montanaro
Not sure if this is exactly what you're asking, but perhaps you want triple quotes? >>> print "now is the time for all good men ..." now is the time for all good men ... >>> print '''now is the time for "all good men" ...''' now is the time for "all good men" ... It's not easy to visually disting

end quote help for a newbie

2014-01-30 Thread Peter Clark
There is probably an easy solution to this – but I have not found it. Trying to terminate a literal in a print statement (from the tutorial). The literal should be enclosed in double quotes “ “ the initial double quote seems to be OK (if I use a different character it flags it) but the ending