[Zope] tutorial script error
Jim Washington
jwashin@vt.edu
Fri, 23 Nov 2001 22:50:38 -0500
Raymond Norton wrote:
>I am following the tutorial. When I attempt to add this script I get a
>syntax error on line 1. It doesn't like the quotes.
>
>Can anyone give me advice on this?
>
>## Script (Python) "calculateCompoundInterest"
> ##parameters=principal, interest_rate, periods, years
> ##
> """
> Calculate compounding interest.
> """
> i = interest_rate / periods
> n = periods * years
> return ((1 + i) ** n) * principal
>
The quotes are probably OK. Not knowing exactly what you are seeing, I
would suggest deleting the whitespace at the beginning of each line.
Python uses indentation in an intuitive way most of the time, but
arbitrary indentation like above is a problem, however, and can give a
"syntax error."
hth,
-- Jim Washington