newb: Scope Question

[James Stroud]

johnny wrote:
> Scope of ids:
> When I print "ids", it's always empty string '', as I have intialized
> before.  That's not what I want. I want the ids to have
> str(r['id']).join(',')
> 
> if res:
>                 ids = ''
>                 for r in res['key']:
>                     ids = str(r['id']).join(',')
> 
>                 print("ids: %s" %(ids))
> 

1. You do not need to "initialize" ids.
2. It looks as if res['key'] is empty.
3. Are you sure you don't mean "res[key]"?
4. "ids" and "(ids)" are equivalent.
5. Are you sure you don't want to indent the print statement?

James