Help for a complete newbie

[Ralph H. Stoos Jr.]

Tim,

After a little more research, I did find that out.  It is funny, but in 
the tutorial "Non-Programmers Tutorial For Python", it makes no mention 
of the indentation issue, at least in the beginning portions which I had 
read.

This is an age old problem of learning.  Once you know something, much 
of it seems simple and the knowledge of it can become assumed.  One of 
the first things that should be done when providing training is to 
assess your audience.

I am going to pick up a book like "Beginning Python" or "Learning 
Python" this weekend.

Thanks so much for the info.  Newsgroups are a great source of info, and 
folks like yourself are the reason why this is true.

Best Regards,

Ralph



Tim Roberts wrote:
> "Ralph H. Stoos Jr." <rstoos at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>> I am reading a Python tutorial for complete non-programmers.
>>
>> The code below is so simple as to be insulting but the assignment of the 
>> "ready" variable gives a syntax error.
>>
>> The code reads letter-for-letter like the tutorial states.
> 
> Letter for letter, maybe, but not space for space.  Indentation is
> important in Python.  The "ready =", "if ready", and "else:" statements
> must start in column 1.  The two print statements need to be indented, as
> they are.