Beginner question - class definition error

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Wed Jan 28 07:13:50 EST 2015


On 2015-01-28 11:10, David Aldrich wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am just getting started with Python 3.3.3 and Kivy 1.8.
>
> I am using the Kivy  development environment on Windows (open a command prompt and call kivy.bat).
>
> With this minimal code:
>
> import kivy
> kivy.require('1.8.0')
>
> from kivy.app import App
> from kivy.uix.label import Label
>
> class MyApp(App):
>    def build(self):
>      return Label(text='Hello World')
>
>    if __name__ == '__main__':
>      MyApp().run()
>
> I get this error when I run it:
>
> C:\>python MinimalApplication.py
> [INFO              ] Kivy v1.8.0
> [INFO              ] [Logger      ] Record log in <snip>
> [INFO              ] [Factory     ] 157 symbols loaded
> [DEBUG          ] [Cache       ] register <kv.lang> with limit=None, timeout=Nones
> [DEBUG          ] [Cache       ] register <kv.image> with limit=None, timeout=60s
> [DEBUG          ] [Cache       ] register <kv.atlas> with limit=None, timeout=Nones
> [INFO              ] [Image       ] Providers: img_tex, img_dds, img_pygame, img_gif (img_pil ignored)
> [DEBUG          ] [Cache       ] register <kv.texture> with limit=1000, timeout=60s
> [DEBUG          ] [Cache       ] register <kv.shader> with limit=1000, timeout=3600s
> [INFO              ] [Text        ] Provider: pygame
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "MinimalApplication.py", line 7, in <module>
>       class MyApp(App):
>     File "MinimalApplication.py", line 12, in MyApp
>       MyApp().run()
>   NameError: name 'MyApp' is not defined
>
> How can I fix this please?
>
Unindent the 'if' statement. Currently, it's indented inside the class
definition, so MyApp isn't defined yet.




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