Pb with an AttributeError

[Nathan Harmston]

Did I just help someone with their homework? Hope not :S

On 27/09/2007, Nathan Harmston <ratchetgrid at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I m not sure what your trying to do, but this is where your problem is:
>
> string1 is not a string it is actually a dict because of your eval.
> When you call
> string1["param"] inside the string.split()
>
> it is returning a dictionary and not a string....
> 'param': {'key': 'SP<136>=', 'value': ['SD:<0> ']}
>
> since {'key': 'SP<136>=', 'value': ['SD:<0> ']} is inside curly
> brackets it is a dictionary.
>
> I still dont get what your trying to have as your final result, but
> hope this helps.
>
> Thanks
>
> Nathan
>
> On 27/09/2007, Eric BOUVIER <ebouvier at jetmultimedia.fr> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > First, sorry for my english.
> >
> > I've just been assigned a project written in Python which contains bug(s).
> > I've never programmed in Python, but I've read the code
> > and understood basically what the different source codes do.
> >
> > I've traced the code and found where the problem is but I don't
> > know how to solve the problem.
> >
> > Here it is :
> >
> > I've got a string issued from a CSV file :
> >    string1 = eval(line[4])
> >    print " * string1 = (", string1 ,") \n"
> >         =>  * string1 = ( {'header': 'X-Score', 'param': {'key': 'SP<136>=',
> > 'value': ['SD:<0> ']} )
> >
> > Then, there is a split with the equal :
> >    TheParts = string.split(string1["param"], "=")
> >    print " * TheParts = (", TheParts ,") \n"
> >
> > But, running the program returns :
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "C:\test\helper.py", line 136, in Action_handler
> >     Score_eval(line, OutputFile_SP, This_Host)
> >   File "C:\test\helper.py", line 66, in Score_eval
> >     TheParts = string.split(string1["param"], "=")
> >   File "C:\ActiveState\Python25\lib\string.py", line 290,
> > in split
> >     return s.split(sep, maxsplit)
> > AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'split'  !?!
> >
> > I've found that it works when I put directly the string in the split
> > expression :
> >
> >    TheParts = string.split(" {'key': 'ESP<136>=', 'value': ['SHA:<0> ']} ",
> > "=")
> >       => * TheParts =   ["{'key': 'ESP<136>", "', 'value': ['SHA:<0> ']}"]
> >
> >   But the code isn't dynamic anymore !
> > I think it's a problem with the type, but the different syntax I've tried
> > didn't work.
> > Is somebody could help me ?
> >
> >  Thank you
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> >
>