Why this error message

[Ryan Kelly]

On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 15:25 -0500, Ray Holt wrote:
> Why am I getting the error that test is not defined. Thanks, Ray
>  class SpecialFile:
>     def __init__(self, fileName):
>         self.__file = open(fileName, 'W')
>         self.__file.write('***** Start Special File *****\n\n')
>     def write(self, str):
>         self.__file.write(str)
>     def writelines(self, strList):
>         self.__file.writelines(strList)
> 
>     def __del__(self):           # Destructor method, __del__.
>         print "entered __del__"    
>         self.close()
> 
>     def close(self):              # Clean up method
>         if self.__file:
>             self.__file.write('\\n***** End Special File *****')
>             self.__file.close()
>             self.__file = None
> 
>     def test():
>         f = SpecialFile('testfile')
>         f.write('111111\n')
>         f.close()
> test()
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Python26\Classes_and_OOP_Programing.py", line 145, in
> <module>
>     test()
> NameError: name 'test' is not defined


Based on the indentation, it looks like you've defined "test" as a
method on the SpecialFile class.  Try dedenting it to begin in the first
column.


  Ryan

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