break (Old_MacDonald:23 | name[indx] =3D=3D 'd', indx =3D 4), based on the = doc spec in python.org=C2=A0(https://docs.python.org/3/library/pdb.html#deb= ugger-commands)
Cell In[1], line 20
break (Old_MacDonald:23 | name[indx] =3D=3D 'd', indx =3D 4)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I got one blank white screen when I entered the exact first line of the pyt= hon.org-->b(reak)=C2=A0[([filename:]lineno=C2=A0|=C2=A0function)=C2=A0[,=C2= =A0condition]]

I'd be obliged for an assist... KMW ***************************************************
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you: and when you=C2=A0pa=
ss through the rivers, they will not sweep over=C2=A0you. When=C2=A0you wal= k=C2=A0through the fire, you will not be burned: the flames will not set yo=
u ablaze."=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
Isaiah 43:2

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On 2024-08-22 01:44:35 +0000, Kevin M. Wilson via Python-list wrote:

break (Old_MacDonald:23 | name[indx] =3D=3D 'd', indx =3D 4), based on th=

e doc spec in python.org=A0(https://docs.python.org/3/library/pdb.html#debu= gger-commands)

Cell In[1], line 20
break (Old_MacDonald:23 | name[indx] =3D=3D 'd', indx =3D 4)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I got one blank white screen when I entered the exact first line of the p=

ython.org-->b(reak)=A0[([filename:]lineno=A0|=A0function)=A0[,=A0condition]]

You misunderstood the notation. The | means "or", it is not something
you have to type literally.

So the syntax is:
either a line number (maybe in a different file) or a function name
optionally followed by a condition after a comma

So in your case probably something like:

break Old_MacDonald:23, name[indx] =3D=3D 'd'

(I'm not sure what "indx =3D 4" was supposed to do. You can't assign
inside of a condition.)

hp

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