[Tutor] IDLE question

[Olavi Ivask]

after print "yes" press "Enter", and then "Backspace".do not use 
spacebar here.
Then it's correct

 >>>if D.has_key("b"):
          print "yes"
else:
          print "no"


Olavi ivask


Dick Moores wrote:

> I'm trying to enter
>
> >>>if D.has_key("b"):
>        print "yes"
>        else:
>              print "no"
>
> in IDLE v1.0.3. by typing it in, line by line. lines 1 and 2 go OK, 
> but hitting "Enter" after "yes" causes the cursor to move to just 
> under the "p" of "print", as expected. If I use the Backspace key and 
> the space bar to line up and indent "else:" correctly, hitting Enter 
> after that causes the error, "IndentationError: unindent does not 
> match any outer indentation level (<pyshell#10>, line 3)". Is there no 
> way to get this entered other than typing the 4 lines in a text editor 
> and pasting them all together into IDLE?
>
> This is not an idle question. It's really been bugging me. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick Moores
>
>
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