Got it - it needs the blank line to signal that code block has ended. Thanks
On Mar 22, 2007, at 3:05 PM, Jason Massey wrote:
In the interpreter this doesn't work: >>> f = open(r"c:\python24\image.dat") >>> line = f.readline() >>> while line: ... line = f.readline() ... f.close() Traceback ( File "<interactive input>", line 3 f.close() ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax But this does: >>> f = open(r"c:\python24\image.dat") >>> line = f.readline() >>> while line: ... line = f.readline() ... >>> f.close() >>>Note the differing placement of the f.close() statement, it's not part of the while.On 3/22/07, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jay Mutter III wrote: > Why is it that when I run the following interactively > > f = open('Patents-1920.txt') > line = f.readline() > while line: > print line, > line = f.readline() > f.close() > > I get an error message > > File "<stdin>", line 4 > f.close() > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > but if i run it in a script there is no error? Can you copy/paste the actual console transcript? BTW a better way to write this is f = open(...) for line in f: print line, f.close() Kent > > Thanks > > Jay > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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