Inconsistency with split() - Script, OS, or Package Problem?

[Ethan Furman]

James Wright wrote:
> Hello,

Howdy!

> def create_report_index(report):  #Here we are creating a simple
> index.html file from data in a text file
>     newfile = open(report + '.html', 'w') #Create the index file using
> report name
>     for each_value in D4[report]:
>         [clean_name, _] = each_value.split('_', 1)
>         newfile.write('<a href="' + report +'//' + each_value +
> '/index.htm">' + clean_name + '</a><BR>\n')

Add the line

     print("current each_value is: %s" % each_value)

just before the line

     [clean_name, _] = each_value.split('_', 1)


I'm guessing you'll see a value with no '_' in it -- at that point you 
can track down why.

~Ethan~