[Snap E Tom]

Hi, all. I'm having an issue with the example using IDLE.



As soon as I start typing on the new try block, I get that syntax error. If I put this code into a separate *.py and feed it into python via the command line:

python3 < chapter4.py

It works fine. Same indentation, same code. Is there something wrong I'm doing with IDLE?

[paulbarry]

Hi Tom.

I'm not sure what IDLE is doing here, but... my general rule-of-thumb is that when my code gets longer than a few lines I stop entering it into IDLE's shell prompt and either (1) open my favourite editor or (2) use IDLE's edit window. Your code is obviously OK as it works at the command-line. BTW: you don't need the "<" on the command-line, the python command will open the named file automatically, so "python3 chapter4.py" should work fine.

Sorry I can't be of more help, but at this point in the book you have probably outgrown the >>> shell prompt for anything but the smallest examples.

Regards.

--Paul.