Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-25 Thread Alan Gauld
> File "C:\Python24\Account Tracker.py", line 10, in load_file >amount = line.next().strip() > AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'next' > > According to it, the 'str' object has no attribute 'next'. So how > would I load my file containing my data? The str object in question is l

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-25 Thread Nathan Pinno
Message - From: "Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nathan Pinno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want? >> File "C:\Python24\Account Tracker.py", line 49, in pri

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-25 Thread Nathan Pinno
Thanks, it works now perfectly! Thanks for all the help! - Original Message - From: "Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nathan Pinno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-25 Thread Alan Gauld
> File "C:\Python24\Account Tracker.py", line 49, in printall >print account,"\t $",accountlist[account]+"\n" > TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'float' and 'str' > > So how do I fix this error? What it's saying is you can't add a float and string. If you look at the code you a

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-24 Thread Nathan Pinno
: "Nathan Pinno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want? > >> The data structure is: >> mydata = [(Checking, 12.50),(Savings, 34.50)] And I want the result to >> look like this: &

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-24 Thread Alan Gauld
> The data structure is: > mydata = [(Checking, 12.50),(Savings, 34.50)] > > And I want the result to look like this: > mydata = [(Checking, 19.50),(Savings, 34.50)] > > So how do I do this? OK, The problem is that you cannot change the contents of a tuple, you can only create a new tuple. The

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-23 Thread Alan Gauld
> The data is account name and 12.50 (example). > I want to access the data to add and subtract from it. > For example > 12.50 - 2.25 = 10.25 > 10.25 + 4.75 = 15.00 Sorry, I meant the data structures. You mentioned you had a list of tuples? And you wanted to perform addition./subtraction on memb

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-23 Thread Nathan Pinno
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want? > Nathan, > > Can you show us an example of the data? > And what you want to do to it, ie before and after values. > > Its not clear to me whether you want to

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-23 Thread Alan Gauld
the data to use in an addition/subrtraction storing the result elsewhere (which is perfectly possible) Alan G. - Original Message - From: "Nathan Pinno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:20 AM Subject: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want? I

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-23 Thread murtog_
You can do: letterlist[x] += amount letterlist[x] -= amount Cheers, -- murtog_ [ http://murtog.blogspot.com ] ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-22 Thread Terry Carroll
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Nathan Pinno wrote: > I want to be able to add and subtract from a number in a tuple in a > list. Is this the correct syntax? > > letterlist[x] = letterlist[x] + amount # for addition > > letterlist[x] = letterlist[x] - amount # for subtraction Try it.

[Tutor] Is this correct syntax for what I want?

2006-06-22 Thread Nathan Pinno
I want to be able to add and subtract from a number in a tuple in a list. Is this the correct syntax?   letterlist[x] = letterlist[x] + amount # for addition   letterlist[x] = letterlist[x] - amount # for subtraction   If this is not correct, what is the correct syntax?   Thanks, Nathan Pinn