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Distribution: open SUSE 11.0, Fedora 7 and Mandriva 2007
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I am trying to learn Python. I have never ever studied Python. I am running Mandriva Linux 2006 version. It is a 64 bit program.
[nissanka@c83-250-110-112 ~]$ python
Python 2.4.1 (#2, Aug 29 2005, 20:13:14)
[GCC 4.0.1 (4.0.1-4mdk for Mandriva Linux release 2006.0)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> the_world_is_flat = 1
>>> if the_world_is_flat:
... print "Be careful not to fall off!"
File "<stdin>", line 2
print "Be careful not to fall off!"
^
IndentationError: expected an indented block
>>> print "Be careful not to fall off!"
[ What is the problem with print? It says about an indentation error. What is it? How do I rectify it?]
The problem is that your print line is not indented properly, hence you get that error. If you press your tab key and then write "print "Be careful...", it'll be OK. See this for info about how Python uses whitespace and indentation. Edit: if you use the Python IDE called IDLE, the indentation is done automatically.
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