[Tutor] Function Problem 3.6

[FrankBloeink at nerdshack.com]

Hello Michael

Here's what I got when I read and tried the example you gave from the
book:

#defining the function (take care of indentation!)
>>> def newLine():
...   print
...

#executing the function gives the ecpected output(a newline
# character, ie the cursor is jumping to the next line)
>>> newLine()

>>>


The problem with executing

print "First Line"
newLine()
print "Second Line"

in the python-shell is that every statement in the shell is directly
followed by the input, meaning you get a mixture of programm code and
output:
>>> print "First Line"
First Line
>>> nl()

>>> print "Second Line"
Second Line
>>>

If you would run this Program as a python script outside the
interpreter, you shoul get the expected result:

---start the script----
First Line

Second Line
---end of the output---

hth Frank


P.S: This is my first post to the list, although I've read on the list
for about 2 months. Thanks to all the members on the list for the
informative posts, I hope I can contibute myself from time to time, at
least at the more basic stuff for I'm only a Python-beginner, too.



On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:59:18 -0400
"Comcast Mail" <cgjung at comcast.net> wrote:


> The exercise below refers to section 3.6 in "How to think like a
> computer scientist: Learning with Python."  

> def newLine(): 
> 
> print 
> 
> This function is named newLine. The empty parentheses indicate that it
> has no parameters. It contains only a single statement, which outputs
> a newline character. (That's what happens when you use a print command
> without any arguments.) ]
> 
> My problem is that when I attempt the exercise above, I get the
> following:
> 
>  
> 
> >>>def  newLine():    I then hit "enter" key,  and I get
> 
> . 
> 
>  
> 
> I get three ellipses, no "print" output.  If I then enter
> 
> >>>print "First Line."
> 
>  
> 
> Instead of getting the output "newLine()" as the book states 
> 
>  
> 
> I get an "indentationerror."
> 
>  
> 
> Obviously the >>>print "Second Line."  Doesn't work either. 

> 
> Michael
> 
>  
> 
> 


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