SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement python

Question

this is my code, super simple:

#borders of the bbox
longmax = 15.418483 #longitude top right
longmin = 4.953142 #longitude top left
latmax = 54.869808 #latitude top 
latmin = 47.236219 #latitude bottom

#longitude
longstep = longmax - longmin 
longstepx = longstep / 1000 #longitudal steps the model shall perfom


#latitude
latstep = latmax - longmin
latstepx = latstep / 1000 #latitudal steps the model shall perform

I try to run in it in the Python IDLE (python 3.3) and this errormessage occurs

SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement

Removing the "#" it works just fine.

Whats wrong?!

do yourself a favour, install and use ipython.

Padraic Cunningham
– Padraic Cunningham

2014-07-05 19:36:47 +00:00
Commented Jul 5, 2014 at 19:36 — Padraic Cunningham
– Padraic Cunningham, Commented Jul 5, 2014 at 19:36

poke · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-05 17:43:27Z

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IDLE can only do a single statement at once, i.e. in your case: A single line. So you have to paste in all lines individually and execute them.

answered Jul 5, 2014 at 17:43

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four-eyes Over a year ago

Aiii. How bad. alright, thank you... Any idea why the Shell "Vico" cant run it neither?

poke Over a year ago

Most REPLs can only process a single statement at once—since they are built to give you immediate feedback for every statement. You can however open the editor in IDLE (File / New File) and put in your code there.

four-eyes Over a year ago

I work in another shell then the python 3.3 IDLE and I copied and pasted it into the python idle. thats the problem

poke Over a year ago

@Christian OP tried to paste in the whole code at once in IDLE, trying to execute multiple statements at once.

four-eyes Over a year ago

@ poke: I am very new to python. I create a new file in the IDL, copied and pasted my code in there. But how do I run it. When I go on "run" in my bar on top (working on a mac here) it opens another windows.

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