Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2015-01-04 Thread Dave Angel
On 01/04/2015 07:49 AM, Simon Evans wrote: Dear Michael Torrie, Thanks for pointing that out to me re: it not being a syntax problem. The thing is there is a file called 'EcologicalPyramid.html'. I put it in a folder called 'Soup' as the text advised on page 28. For what its worth I also shifted

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2015-01-04 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 04/01/2015 12:49, Simon Evans wrote: Dear Michael Torrie, Thanks for pointing that out to me re: it not being a syntax problem. The thing is there is a file called 'EcologicalPyramid.html'. I put it in a folder called 'Soup' as the text advised on page 28. For what its worth I also shifted t

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2015-01-04 Thread Simon Evans
Dear Michael Torrie, Thanks for pointing that out to me re: it not being a syntax problem. The thing is there is a file called 'EcologicalPyramid.html'. I put it in a folder called 'Soup' as the text advised on page 28. For what its worth I also shifted the Windows Command Prompt to that folder (

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-18 Thread Michael Torrie
On 12/18/2014 09:19 AM, Simon Evans wrote: > @Steven D'Aprano, > I input the following to Python 2.7, which got the following:- > from bs4 import BeautifulSoup with open("ecologicalpyramid.html","r") as ecologic

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-18 Thread Simon Evans
@Steven D'Aprano, I input the following to Python 2.7, which got the following:- >>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup >>> with open("ecologicalpyramid.html","r") as ecological_pyramid: ... soup= next(ecological_pyramid,

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > Thought I had indirectly, since I've been using this print technique for > the last few days. Good to know it works either way, though. Guess the > future import is only to make not having parens and error. Yeah. I usually recommend using

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Zachary Ware
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > Guess the future import is only to make not having parens and error. Python 2.7.8+ (default, Nov 2 2014, 00:32:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> print(1, 2)

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Michael Torrie
On 12/14/2014 10:32 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > Did you actually test that? > > Python 2.7.8 (default, Jun 30 2014, 16:03:49) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > (Intel)] on win32 > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. print("hello") > hello > > Since print is a keyword when not

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 12/14/2014 07:47 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> I didn't realise that Python was so smart. It can indicate a syntax >> error at the final 't' in print before it gets to the opening bracket >> that is required for the print function in Pytho

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Michael Torrie
On 12/14/2014 07:47 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > I didn't realise that Python was so smart. It can indicate a syntax > error at the final 't' in print before it gets to the opening bracket > that is required for the print function in Python 3 (and Python 2 if > you're using "from __future__ impor

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 15/12/2014 02:32, Chris Roy-Smith wrote: On 15/12/14 10:21, Simon Evans wrote: Dear Jussi, and Billy I have changed the input in accordance with your advice, re: -- Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Chris Roy-Smith wrote: > and here he uses a python 3.x print syntax which triggers the following > error message On the contrary; parens around a single argument will work just fine in Py2 (they're simply redundant parentheses, in the same way that you can write "

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Chris Roy-Smith
On 15/12/14 10:21, Simon Evans wrote: Dear Jussi, and Billy I have changed the input in accordance with your advice, re: -- Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win here the user

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Simon Evans wrote: > Dear Jussi, and Billy > I have changed the input in accordance with your advice, re: > -- > Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] > on win 32 > Type "help", "copyrig

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Simon Evans
Dear Jussi, and Billy I have changed the input in accordance with your advice, re: -- Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win 32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Billy Earney
It looks like the last line (producer_entries...) is not indented at the same extent as the previous line. Maybe this is causing the issue? On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Simon Evans wrote: > > Dear Python programmers, > Having input the line of code in text: > cd Soup > to the Windows consol

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Jussi Piitulainen
Simon Evans writes: > I had another attempt at inputting the code perhaps with the right > indentation, I still get an error return, but not one that indicates > that the code has not been read, as you suggested. re:- > -- > > Py

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Simon Evans
I had another attempt at inputting the code perhaps with the right indentation, I still get an error return, but not one that indicates that the code has not been read, as you suggested. re:- Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov

Re: Python console rejects an object reference, having made an object with that reference as its name in previous line

2014-12-14 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 12/14/14 11:15 AM, Simon Evans wrote: Dear Python programmers, Having input the line of code in text: cd Soup to the Windows console, and having put the file 'EcologicalPyramid.html' into the Directory 'Soup', on the C drive, in accordance with instructions I input the following code to the