an error in commented code?

[Lou Losee]

Hmmm, runs fine for me:
IDLE 1.1.3
>>> ================================ RESTART
================================
>>>
C wins:
['B', 'D', 'A', 'C']
C wins:
['D', 'B', 'A', 'C']
>>>

When I pasted your code the last line was 58

On 4/28/06, John Salerno <johnjsal at nospamgmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's my code, with the error following it:
>
> props = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']
> group1 = ['C', 'A', 'D', 'B', 17]
> group2 = ['A', 'B', 'D', 'C', 32]
> group3 = ['D', 'B', 'C', 'A', 34]
> group4 = ['B', 'A', 'C', 'D', 17]
>
> # Submitter: Michael Davies
> def all_perms(str):
>      if len(str) <=1:
>          yield str
>      else:
>          for perm in all_perms(str[1:]):
>              for i in range(len(perm)+1):
>                  #nb str[0:1] works in both string and list contexts
>                  yield perm[:i] + str[0:1] + perm[i:]
>
> def checkOrder(x, y):
>      x_votes = 0
>      y_votes = 0
>
>      if group1.index(x) < group1.index(y):
>          x_votes += group1[4]
>      else:
>          y_votes += group1[4]
>
>      if group2.index(x) < group2.index(y):
>          x_votes += group2[4]
>      else:
>          y_votes += group2[4]
>
>      if group3.index(x) < group3.index(y):
>          x_votes += group3[4]
>      else:
>          y_votes += group3[4]
>
>      if group4.index(x) < group4.index(y):
>          x_votes += group4[4]
>      else:
>          y_votes += group4[4]
>
>      if x_votes > y_votes:
>          return x
>      else:
>          return y
>
> for order in all_perms(props):
> #   if reduce(checkOrder, order) == 'A':
> #       print 'A wins:'
> #       print order
> #   if reduce(checkOrder, order) == 'B':
> #       print 'B wins:'
> #       print order
>      if reduce(checkOrder, order) == 'C':
>          print 'C wins:'
>          print order
> #   if reduce(checkOrder, order) == 'D':
> #       print 'D wins:'
> #       print order
>
>
> >>>
> *** Error in script or command!
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "C:\Python24\myscripts\ecco\1-1-1.py", line 60
>      #       print order
>                        ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>>
>
> Line 60 also happens to be the very last line, which is commented. I've
> tried a couple of different things to see if it's a whitespace problem,
> but it doesn't seem to be. I'm just confused why it detects an error in
> the commented code anyway.
>
> Thanks.
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