A goto-like usage of a function
Bart Nessux
bart_nessux at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 29 11:17:19 EDT 2004
Here's a function that I want to use to capture
user input. They enter a path and then confirm
that it's the correct path or not or decide to
quit the program if they want. The 'y' (the path
is right, let's continue) and the 'q' (I hate your
stupid program and want to stop it now) both work
fine. However the 'n' (I've entered the path
incorrectly and want to do it again produces this
error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "clean_file_names_function_better.py",
line 16, in ?
path_name()
File "clean_file_names_function_better.py",
line 14, in path_name
path_name()
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
Here's the function... if the user wants to
re-enter the path name... I'm simply calling the
function again... is this wrong???
def path_name():
import sys
path_name = raw_input("\nEnter the absolute
path to the directory that contains the files...
for example, /home/user: ")
print "\nYou entered: ", path_name, "\n"
confirm = raw_input("Is this the correct
path: (press 'y' for YES 'n' for NO or 'q' to
QUIT)\n\n")
if confirm == 'y':
print "\nStarting Program.\n"
return path_name
elif confirm == 'q':
print '\n'
sys.exit()
else:
print "\nTry again.\n"
path_name()
path_name()
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