Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 26/03/2014 16:54, Alan Gauld wrote: On 26/03/14 15:38, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 26/03/2014 01:26, Alan Gauld wrote: >>> if ph < 7.0: print(ph, "is acidic.") elif ph > 7.0: print(ph, "is basic.") in my IDLE. That's pretty ugly and I wish the IDLE guys would fix it but it's

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-26 Thread Дмитрий
ph=float(input("Input ph: ")) if ph<7.0: print "acid" elif ph>7.0: print "basic" else: print "don't know what:)" paste it in notepad and save as some_name.py or i can send you this file it is realy easy. 26.03.2014 03:28, Steven D'Aprano пишет: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:21:49PM +0

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-26 Thread Saad Bashir
Jay Lozier, Alan Gauld, Steven D'Aprano, Jim Byrnes, Jim Byrnes, Dave Angel and Denis Spir, Thank you each and every one of you. My code now works and the stumbling block is over. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort for helping a novice with such a piddling problem. Specially Al

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-26 Thread Alan Gauld
On 26/03/14 15:38, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 26/03/2014 01:26, Alan Gauld wrote: >>> if ph < 7.0: print(ph, "is acidic.") elif ph > 7.0: print(ph, "is basic.") in my IDLE. That's pretty ugly and I wish the IDLE guys would fix it but it's been that way for a long time. Please

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-26 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 26/03/2014 01:26, Alan Gauld wrote: >>> if ph < 7.0: print(ph, "is acidic.") elif ph > 7.0: print(ph, "is basic.") in my IDLE. That's pretty ugly and I wish the IDLE guys would fix it but it's been that way for a long time. Please raise an issue on the bug tracker if the

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-26 Thread Jim Byrnes
On 03/26/2014 07:13 AM, spir wrote: On 03/26/2014 02:32 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote: 2. Another problem is that the Python shell is allowing me to copy/paste any code at all. Is there something I am not doing right? I was able to copy from idle using Ctrl-C and paste to my newreader using Ctrl-V and

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-26 Thread spir
On 03/26/2014 02:32 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote: 2. Another problem is that the Python shell is allowing me to copy/paste any code at all. Is there something I am not doing right? I was able to copy from idle using Ctrl-C and paste to my newreader using Ctrl-V and then copy from my newsreader back to

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Angel
Saad Bashir Wrote in message: >>> ph = float(input('Enter the pH level: ')) Enter the pH level: 8.5 >>> if ph < 7.0: ...       print(ph, "is acidic.") ...    elif ph > 7.0: ...     print(ph, "is basic.") "SyntaxError: : unindent does not match any outer indentation level. ..

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Byrnes
On 03/25/2014 02:21 PM, Saad Bashir wrote: Hi everyone! I am a novice programmer and actually learning to program in Python. I have two issues that I am embarrassed to present as they seem to be extremely basic. 1. But encouraged by the site to ask event the most basic questions on this forum,

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-25 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:21:49PM +0300, Saad Bashir wrote: > 2. Another problem is that the Python shell is allowing me to copy/paste > any code at all. Is there something I am not doing right? Which shell are you using? How are you trying to copy/paste? Are you on Linux, Mac, Windows, or som

Re: [Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-25 Thread Alan Gauld
On 25/03/14 19:21, Saad Bashir wrote: As per its instructions I am using the IDLE environment (Python shell) of Python [3.2.3 MSC v.1500 64 bit AMD64]. I have been going through the book without any problems but have become stuck at the following stage: When using "if" and "elif" statement I g

[Tutor] 2 Very basic queries

2014-03-25 Thread Saad Bashir
Hi everyone! I am a novice programmer and actually learning to program in Python. I have two issues that I am embarrassed to present as they seem to be extremely basic. 1. But encouraged by the site to ask event the most basic questions on this forum, here goes: I am using the book: Practical