#NEWLINE# def prev_content( self , start , amount = 1 ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# 'Returns the prev non-whitespace characters' #NEWLINE# while ( ( start > 0 ) and ( self . code [ start ] in ( ' ' , '\t' , '\n' ) ) ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# start -= 1 #NEWLINE# #UNINDENT# return self . code [ ( ( start or amount ) - amount ) : start ]