I don't use notepad or notepad++, so I don't know the settings. However, if you're familiar with vi/vim, you can download the CLI from www.vim.org for almost any flavor OS and it works quite well on Windows.
BTW: you can customize your settings to use spaces instead of tabs, among others, which is usually a source of these types of indentation errors. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Alexander Quest <alexxqu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey all; my question is regarding editing Python code in Notepad++. When I > run this piece of code in Notepad++: > > def fix_start(s): > var1 = s[0] > var2 = "*" > var3 = s.replace(var1, var2) > > return var3 > > > I get an indentation error, which reads: > > > File "C:\google-python-exercises\google-python-exercises\basic>string1.py > line 56 > var2 = "*" > ^ > IndentationError: unexpected indent > > > The thing is that in Notepad++, that code does not appear with an > indentation where var2 is. It appears like this: > > def fix_start(s): > var1 = s[0] > var2 = "*" > var3 = s.replace(var1, var2) > > return var3 > > but when I copy and paste it, it pastes with an indentation where var2 is, > which is what I think is causing the error. The code runs fine if I just > use IDLE. I am doing Google's python exercises, and they recommended I edit > the settings on Notepad++ to indent 2 spaces upon a tab, this being the > convention at Google. Does anyone know what the deal is here? Also, I am > wondering why use Notepad++ or other such programs when IDLE seems to be > fine for writing code. Thanks. > > -Alex > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
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