<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:07 AM, The Green Tea Leaf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thegreentealeaf@gmail.com">thegreentealeaf@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Could it be some import statement? That the gzip file is "shadowed" in some way?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>based on what the OP said, there's really nothing that should produce that that I can think of that would produce the given output! I'd love to see a screenshot, though. Because it's printing the string twice - not the date. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If it were a problem with the date or gzip you would think you'd get problems with something unrelated to the string. The only thing I can think of is if his stack/heap is somehow getting altered from outside python (or inside, I suppose)</div>
<div><br></div><div>So Mike, can you provide a screenshot of your code/execution? Sending it directly (at least to me) will prevent it getting delayed while the attachment is approved.</div><div><br></div><div>-Wayne</div>
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 16:11, Alan Gauld<<a href="mailto:alan.gauld@btinternet.com">alan.gauld@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> "Mike Hoy" <<a href="mailto:hoym74@gmail.com">hoym74@gmail.com</a>> wrote<br>
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>> I have the following code:<br>
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> Is this in a file or are you typing it at the python<br>
> interpreter >>> primpt?<br>
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>> import gzip<br>
>> import datetime<br>
>> date = datetime.date.today()<br>
>> name = date.strftime('%m-%d-%Y')+'.gz'<br>
>> date.strftime('%m-%d-%Y')+'.gz'<br>
>> print "The name of the file will be", name<br>
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> If its in a file you should only get one print<br>
> If its at the >>> prompt you should get a string after<br>
> the second call to date.strftime and then your print.<br>
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>> the output is:<br>
>> The name of the file will be<br>
>> The name of the file will be 06-08-2009.gz<br>
>> I can't figure out why 'The name of the file will be' is printing twice.<br>
>> Any<br>
>> help appreciated.<br>
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> If that is what you get then me neither!<br>
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> Alan G.<br>
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