On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:20 AM, I. Dooba <ido...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm new to programming and have decided to start with Python following the > advice of experts including Eric S. Raymond. > So far I've learnt quite a lot from this list. > > However, I've the following problem. > > The program was designed (as part of my practice with Head First > Programming) to check whether an ingredient is Halal or Haram. > I've a simple table online where some ingredients are either halal or > haram. > > For example, if the user enters "water" the program is supposed to tell him > that it's halal; > but it's returning ">" and other characters I don't want to see. > > What am I doing wrong? > > import urllib.request > > page = urllib.request.urlopen(" > http://halalingredients.theparleyonline.com/") > text = page.read().decode("utf8") > > halal_haram_status = text.find(input("Enter the ingredient: ")) > begin_final_status = halal_haram_status + 3 > end_final_status = begin_final_status + 5 > status = text[begin_final_status:end_final_status] > print(status) > > > ______________
Can you copy and paste the error message traceback that you get? > _________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- Joel Goldstick
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