python IDLE/jessie

[squirreltown]

If i make a file in python IDLE 3.4.2 and run it

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name='Red'
if len(name) == 4:
    print('oops!')
else:
    print(name)

it works fine.
Typing the same thing into the shell gets a syntax error - multiple statements found while compiling a single statement.

??

[ghp]

Hello,
I looked around and found some hints on the web: seems to be that you can only copy-and-paste line-by-line into the Shell window, not a complete code fragment at a time.
Regards,
Gerhard

[squirreltown]

Thank you. Appreciate the reply.