Interactive mode under DOS?

[huisky]

On Oct 24, 1:15 pm, Peter Otten <__pete... at web.de> wrote:
> huisky wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm trying to use the interactive mode under DOS for Python 2.7. As a
> > newbie, I do NOT know what is the following problem:
>
> >>>>world_is_flat=1
> >>>>if world_is_flat:
> > . . . print "be carefule to be not fall out!"
> >     File "<stdin>", line 2
> >       print "be carefule to be not fall out!"
> >               ^
> > IndenatationError : expected an idented block
>
> > Enybody knows how to fix this simple issue?
>
> > regards
>
> The lines that shall be executed when world_is_flat is True must be indented
> more than the if. If you don't follow this rule Python complains and raises
> an IndentationError.
>
> >>> if world_is_flat:
>
> ... print "be careful"
>   File "<stdin>", line 2
>     print "be careful"
>         ^
> IndentationError: expected an indented block
>
> The easiest way to indent in interactive mode is to hit TAB once:
>
> >>> if world_is_flat:
>
> ...     print "be careful"
> ...
> be careful
>
> By the way, you should not retype your error messages because that is error
> prone. Instead cut and paste. I think there is an entry in the system menu
> of the dos window to help you do that.
>
> Peter

Excellent reply! thanks very much Peter.