global name 'self' is not defined - noob trying to learn

[mark.seagoe at gmail.com]

On Mar 30, 12:01 pm, mark.sea... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 30, 11:53 am, Dave Angel <da... at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> > After taking out the class  myclass stuff, the code worked for me in
> > Python 2.6.1, through the cat line.  Could you please tell us what
> > version of Python you're running this on?
>
> > import sys
> > print "Python version: ", sys.version
>
> > yielded (on my machine)
> > Python version:  2.6.1 (r261:67517, Dec  4 2008, 16:51:00) [MSC v.1500
> > 32 bit (Intel)]
>
> > (There are two typos in  Test 3, and in Test 4 you seem to be treating
> > this object like a list.)
>
> Python version:  2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08)
> (Thought it was 2.5.3, sorry).

This part is probably important
Python version:  2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310
32 bit (Intel)]

Not sure what you mean that you removed the class myclass.  Not sure
how it could work.

Thanks