[Tutor] Staring myself blind

[Bob Gailer]

Toon Pieton wrote:
> Hey friendly users!
>
> In a program I'm writing, I'm getting a Tab/space error, with the 
> usual 1) identation is incorrect or 2) mixes tabs and spaces. I just 
> can't seem to find. I tried selecting everything and untabbing it, no 
> workie. I searched an searched and searched, but couldnt find anything 
> that is really wrong.
I copied this and pasted it in into my Python editor. I added while 1: 
at the top so I could preserve your indentation. What I get is a syntax 
error, highlighting the ) after the 5 in the line:

z = [yx[0],xz[0],xz[1],xz[2],xz[3],xz[4],xz[5)],xz[6]]

When I remove the ) it compiles OK.
>
> The error shows up on this line:
>                         highcard = [z[8],z[7],z[6],z[5],z[4]]
>
> The lines surrounding this one are:
>                 while zab < winlen:
>                     yx = winner[int(winkeys[zab])]
>                     xz = yx[1]
>                     z = 
> [yx[0],xz[0],xz[1],xz[2],xz[3],xz[4],xz[5)],xz[6]]
>                     # Card 1
>                     if z[7] > highcard[0]:
>                         highcard = [z[8],z[7],z[6],z[5],z[4]]
>                         defwinner = [winkeys[zab]]
>                     elif z[7] == highcard[0]:
>
> I can't post the whole program, since it's ~1000 lines long.
>
> Does anybody see what causes the problem? Or have any tips how to find 
> the error easily?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Toon Pieton
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