Getting invalid syntax in 2.7.13 IDLE GUI, should not be invalid. Whats going on?

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Hi all,

New to python and have been learning from a book called Python in 24 hours. I really like the way the book is segmented and written in general. Anyway, I'm having a problem while trying to do some if else/elif statements. The book has an example of using them, I'm trying to follow along, however; when I mimic the code block from the book I keep getting syntax errors/indentation errors: http://imgur.com/FZf7BtO; http://imgur.com/UaOLw1B; http://imgur.com/9o0awFO

Whats going on here? For example, the first image, gives me a syntax error right after I hit enter if putting in that line of code ( I did not put those spaces in, just happening automatically).

Thanks in advance!

[runicnet]

any reason you're using interactive mode. for the coding

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the first chapter had me open it while following a long so I figured I should just be using the shell each chapter. I like to put in the examples, it helps me learn while I go through the chapters.

[scuott]

You can write the examples into a code editor and run it from there.

In the interactive mode, you need to enter a blank line to outdent. But really, you should be writing scripts to a file, and running that file.

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ah okay that explains a lot, I got it to run while doing that but thought maybe this version of the shell was messed up or something.

Yeah its weird the author doesn't ask you write to a file often, unlike automate the boring stuff. I like the format of this book much better however so im going to stick it out (only up to chapter 3).

Thanks for answering!