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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Here ya go!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Can’t do what you want as this is a programmatic error from interrupter. Only a screen shot will tell you the full situation. I have class example which is to be used for our homework, and I copied it into IDLE and it won’t work, with error below. I’ve tried several ways to work around this<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Frank<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=605 height=590 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CDB42D.888CF6C0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Dave Angel [mailto:d@davea.name] <br>Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 7:55 PM<br>To: Frank Pontius<br>Cc: tutor@python.org<br>Subject: Re: [Tutor] Help with class example<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On 10/18/2012 07:59 PM, Frank Pontius wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I'm taking a beginners course on Python.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Have class example which is to be used in H/W, which I can't get to work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Thus I figure the example is wrong. But I need this to get H/W done.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Using 'import random' and random.randrange in function, returning #.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> import random<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> def RandomNumberGen ():<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> if random.randrange(0, 2) == 0:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> X return "tails"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> return "heads"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Simple enough, but running in my Python 2.7.3 IDLE - it will not even <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> run, and give syntax (red char box) error at the X above.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Frank<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So why is there an X there? As the compiler tells you, that's a syntax error. The return statement starts with an 'r'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please use only text editors to edit code, and use copy/paste to copy the actual source to your message, while composing the message in text mode. We cannot tell who has mangled the code, but only how it happens to look after the mangling is finished. If it ever goes through a word processor, or through an html message (which your is), then all bets are off.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Another thing. Copy/paste the actual error message, including the traceback. Don't summarize it, or paraphrase it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>DaveA<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>