You should try some of the Python tutorials out there. There's a difference between tuples and lists, and the parameter list passed to the string formatting operator must be a tuple. String formatting will also solve your second problem.
Also, the library reference is your friend. I particularly like the Beazley book, if you want something in hardcopy, but one of the less terse and more introductory O'Rielly books might suit you better. Here's a partial list of (mostly) tutorial resources that I've compiled: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide http://www.uselesspython.com/gettingstarted.html http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ http://www.secnetix.de/olli/Python/ http://pythonology.org/ Cheers _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
