def problem

[Lloyd Zusman]

clickron at webtv.net writes:

> I write this, save it. and run it.
> def hello(): 
>               print "hello"
>        print "bye bye" 
> hello() 
> and I get this message 
> hello
> Traceback innermost last):
> File "<pyshell27>",line 1, in ?
> hello 
> NameError: There is no variable named 'hello' 
> What am I doing wrong? 

Python is a language for which proper indentation is essential.
Try this:

def hello():
        print "hello"
        print "bye bye"

hello()


[Also, note the blank line after the function definition]

Does this work any better for you?


> [ ... ]
>
> Ron

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