... in fact I have now completely uninstalled Python(x, y) and then reinstalled but the problem still exists!
On Wednesday, 26 June 2013 12:20:23 UTC+10, Stew Day wrote: > > Hi again Uwe, > > I have tried your suggestion, but the result is the same. > > Cheers, > > Stew > > On Tuesday, 25 June 2013 21:39:10 UTC+10, ufechner wrote: >> >> Did you try to run your script in an external interpreter? >> (Menu of Spyder 2.2: Run->Configure->Execute in new, dedicated Python >> interpreter?) >> >> Regards: >> >> Uwe >> >> On 25.06.2013 08:35, Stew Day wrote: >> >> Hi Uwe, >> >> Thanks for your thoughts. I'm on the WinXP machine at the moment. >> >> Under the Source menu 'Convert end of line characters' is set to windows. >> >> It's not tab related either. If I type 'print "Hello world" in the >> console and then hit enter it correctly prints 'Hello world'. >> If I type 'print "Hello world" in the editor, save it as test.py and then >> run it I get the following error: >> >> File "<stdin>", line 1 >> SyntaxError: 'continue' not properly in loop >> >> Also I can run scripts using PyScipter on the same WinXP machine without >> problems. If I then try to run them with Spyder I get the above error. >> >> Appreciate any other thoughts anyone has. >> >> On Tuesday, 25 June 2013 01:26:03 UTC+10, ufechner wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> is it possible that you have a problem with different "line-ending >>> characters"? >>> Try the menu entry "convert end-of-line character" from the "source" menu >>> before running your script. Make sure that you use "Mac" line-endings on >>> the >>> Mac and "Windows" line-endings on Windows. >>> >>> Another possibility could be that you use TAB characters instead of >>> spaces, >>> and the TAB-width on different computers is different. Make sure that you >>> use spaces only and no TAB characters. In the menu >>> Tools->Preferences->Editor >>> "Advanced settings" you should have "Indentation characters: 4 spaces" >>> selected. >>> >>> Regards: >>> >>> Uwe Fechner >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, June 24, 2013 1:45:53 AM UTC+2, Stew Day wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi group, >>>> >>>> I learned some python quite a while ago and have decided to revisit it >>>> as a tool for statistical analysis. >>>> >>>> I installed Python(x, y) on my work machine last week (Windows XP) and, >>>> after some playing around it looks like things are working (am able to run >>>> example scripts from Allen Downey's free book ThinkPython in Spyder). >>>> >>>> At home I run an old MacBook (OSX 10.6.8) so I have installed the >>>> Anaconda distribution. Once again, it looked like everything was working >>>> correctly. >>>> >>>> So, I copied all the examples files and pdf of ThinkPython to a USB key >>>> so that whether I'm at home, at work or on the train, I can work through >>>> the example and get myself back up to speed with python. >>>> >>>> When I tried to run write/run 'hello world' this morning on the train >>>> (OSX) I got the following error: >>>> >>>> File "<stdin>", line 1 >>>> SyntaxError: 'continue' not properly in loop >>>> >>>> I got to work, loaded up Spyder and tried to run the same HelloWorld.py >>>> and got the same error. I also tried running some of the other scripts I >>>> was playing with last week and got the same error even those these scripts >>>> had previously run. >>>> >>>> I still have PyScripter on my work machine, so ran HelloWorld.py using >>>> PyScripter and got Hello world at the console. >>>> >>>> If I run debug on HelloWorld.py from Spyder I get: >>>> >>> debugfile(r'E:\Programming\Python\ThinkPython\HelloWorld.py', >>>> wdir=r'E:\Programming\Python\ThinkPython') >>>> > e:\programming\python\thinkpython\helloworld.py(5)<module>() >>>> -> """ >>>> (Pdb) >>>> >>>> (with a flashing command prompt after (Pdb)) >>>> >>>> If I then run HelloWorld.py I get: >>>> (Pdb) continue >>>> Hello world >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> But subsequent runs give the initial error. >>>> >>>> I'm assuming this is related to Spyder, as I can run the same scripts >>>> in PyScipter without error. >>>> >>>> Hope someone can help (apologies in advance if this is a newbie error). >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "spyder" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
