[Tutor] a question in the Python Tutorial

[Lloyd Kvam]

I think you probably copied in a space before 2+2

Python syntax depends on the spaces at the beginning of each line to
control blocks of code, much like braces {} in C, Java, Perl, and many
other languages.  So leading spaces mean that the line should be within
an outer-block of code.  If the outer-block does not exist, then there
is a syntax error.

>>> 2+2
4
>>>  2+2
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    2+2
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax



On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 20:27, W X Liu wrote:
> I am studying the Python Tutorial, but I met a problem, in the Python Tutorial 
> 3.1.1
> 
> there is a piece of code:
> 
> >>> # This is a comment
> ... 2+2
> 4
> 
> I copy them into the Python shell, but cannot run:
> 
> >>> # This is a comment
> ... 2+2
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> So, anyone can help to tell me what's wrong?
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