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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:19:43 -0500 From: Tom Strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Need Help on Assignment >Do you mind if you show us what you've tried so far? > >Also, show us the exact syntax error and the stack trace that Python >reports. It'll help us to see what's really going on. Your paraphrase of >the situation is useful, but it's obscuring information that we need to >see to be able to duplicate your problem. > >If your program is short, just copy-and-paste it into your reply. Danny, Here's a copy of the current version of the program and the terminal output. Hope this helps! Thank you! Tom Strickland *********************************************************************************************************** *_PROGRAM:_* #!/usr/bin/python2.4 input = open('/home/tom/Python/Input/SPY3.txt', 'r') N=0 s = 'boo' date =['hoo'] T = [0,0,0,0,0,0] #don't know why this is necessary open = close = hi = lo = vol = [1.0] #is this necessary? while s: s = input.readline() if s == '':break s = s[:-2] T[N] = s.split(',') date[N] = T[N][0] open[N] = T[N][1] hi[N] = T[N][2] lo[N] = T[N][3] close[N] = T[N][4] vol[N] = T[N][5] N+=1 print N for i in range(N): T[i] print T[i] print date[i], open[i], hi[i], lo[i], close[i], vol[i] print T[1][2], T[0][0] *_TERMINAL OUTPUT:_* *_ _* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cd Python/SourceCode [EMAIL PROTECTED] SourceCode]$ ./ispy.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "./ispy.py", line 13, in ? date[N] = T[N][0] IndexError: list assignment index out of range [EMAIL PROTECTED] SourceCode]$ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor