Michael M Mason wrote on 07 July 2011 at 15:38:- > > In error, I downloaded ex26 before I had done ex25. So I left > > it and did ex25. > > > > Having finally given up on ex25, I am now doing ex26. And guess > > what?! Line 10 has a missing colon. > > > > So _how_ did a missing colon in ex26 cause problems in ex25???? > > Maybe you've been editing ex25 and then executing ex26. That'd get you > the same error in the same place over and over again.
Looks like this might be it. In your earlier post the error reported is in ex26:- : lisi@Tux:~/Python/LearnPythonTheHardWay$ python ex26.py : File "ex26.py", line 10 : def print_first_word(words) : ^ : SyntaxError: invalid syntax : lisi@Tux:~/Python/LearnPythonTheHardWay$ -- Michael This mail was sent via Mail-SeCure System. ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
