name error

[Benjamin Derstine]

Hi, I'm getting a name error when I attempt the following:


f=open('/WINNT/Profiles/bend/Desktop/licensing/aud.txt','r')

f.readline()

line=f.readline()
test=line[0]
location=line[0]

def makeuser():
     mastlist=[]
     while test==location:
          list=f.readline()
          location=list[0]
          mastlist.append(list)
makeuser()

error:

File "C:\WINNT\Profiles\bend\Desktop\licensing\loadtest.py", line 16, in
makeuser
    while test==location:
NameError: location

It seems like I'm having a name space problem but there is nothing different
between the test and the location variables when it comes to namespace.  Yet
one works and the other doesn't.  Anything I'm doing wrong?

Thanks
Ben