On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Max Jameson wrote:
> I know this is totally off-the-wall, but what am I doing wrong here? I > am using Python 2.5, and I am just learning...please be kind! Hi Max, Let's take a look. ########################################### >>> aList = [2,3] >>> bList = [5,7,9] >>> aList.append(bList) >>> print aList [2, 3, [5, 7, 9]] ########################################### Ok, looks good so far. You have a list of three elements: 2 3 [5, 7, 9] where the third element in the list is itself a list. ########################################### >>> print aList [1] [2] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#40>", line 1, in <module> print aList [1] [2] TypeError: 'int' object is unsubscriptable ########################################### Can you explain what you're trying to do at this point? Pretend that we are clueless for the moment. What are you expecting to get out from this? We know you don't want to get the error, of course. But what do you want to get? Also, have you had a chance to look at something like: http://swaroopch.info/text/Byte_of_Python:Data_Structures _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor