syntax question - if 1:print 'a';else:print 'b'

[Gregory Piñero]

So much for writing my whole program on one line :-(

j/k

-Greg

On 10/26/05, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
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> Gregory Piñero wrote:
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> > Any idea why I can't say:
> >
> > if 1:print 'a';else:print 'b'
> >
> > all in one line like that?
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> because ";" can only be used to separate simple statements, not
> the different parts in a compound statement.
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> see the grammar for details:
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> http://docs.python.org/ref/grammar.txt
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> (look for "compound_stmt", "suite", "statement", etc)
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> </F>
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