Re: Problem loading a file of words

I changed to using line = line.strip() instead of line = line [:-1] in the original and it it worked. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Problem loading a file of words

I was just happy that it worked, but was still curious as to why it didn't before. Thanks for the idea, I'll look into it and see if this is the case. Thanks, Kevin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Problem loading a file of words

Thanks to everyone for all the help! Here's the (at least for now) final script, although note I'm using 2.3.5, not 2.4, so I can't use some of the tips that were given. #!/usr/bin/python # Filename: unscram.py def sort_string(word): '''Returns word in lowercase sorted alphabetically'''

Problem loading a file of words

ror, specifically: (Note: ccehimnostyz is for zymotechnics, which is in the large dictionary) *--beginning of example--* Enter a scrambled word : ccehimnostyz Traceback (most recent call last): File "unscram.py", line 62, in ? results = dictionary[sort_string(lookup)] KeyError: &