[issue11422] indentation problem in if, elif, else statements

Victor report at bugs.python.org
Mon Mar 7 04:22:38 CET 2011


New submission from Victor <victorywin5 at yahoo.com>:

Hi dear developers,
"Python 3.2 (r32:88445, Feb 20 2011, 21:29:02) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32"
Hello,
Several days ago I downloaded Python 3.2, the standard windows installer, for windows vista. Here's the bug:
in the Python-command line, the following works:
"
>>>if 2==2:print('yes')
...else:print('n')
...
yes
"
Now, in the Python shell (IDLE-python gui, the standard one included with the installer of python), the only way it works is:
>>> if 2==2:print('yes')
else:print('n')

yes

So, it requires me to put "else" unindented. On the other hand, if the "if--else" statement is included in the definition of a function, then it requires that "else" be exactly under "if". Same is true when using "elif".
This was frustrating, when trying to learn "if-else" statement, because it took me half an hour of experimenting.
Shouldn't it be consistent?

Victor

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components: Regular Expressions
messages: 130219
nosy: victorywin
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: indentation problem in if, elif, else statements
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.2

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