+= doesn't work in python cgi's

[Emile van Sebille]

Are you running the same versions?

Instead of j+=1, try:
import sys
j = sys.version

IIRC, you need to be at version 2 or better to support +=

HTH,

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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"Michael Palm" <msp at tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> I have a strange error in that += doesn't seem to work in a cgi program
>
> test.py:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
> j = 1
> j +=1
> print " j is %d" % j
>
> works fine with
>    python test.py
>
> but as a cgi gives
> j += 1
>    ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> any ideas??
>