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

[Ethan Furman]

James Wright wrote:
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> James Wright wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
 >>>>
>>>> Change your print line to:
>>>>
>>>>   print("D4[%s] = %s" % (report, each_value))
>>>>
>>>> After that, you'll have to track down how D4 is being created to see
>>>> where 'vsr' is coming from.
 >>>
>>> It does not appear to show a key:
>>>
>>> D4[] = vsr
 >>
>> Huh -- probably the empty string ('') -- to verify that (and know for sure
>> -- always good when debugging! ;)  change the both %s to %r and run again;
>>  then you'll have to track down where D4 is being created to see why it's
>> getting that weird key.
> 
> A quick note: Renaming the file allowed it to run successfully one
> time.  Then it failed per usual.  Renaming it again did not help, so
> that is not a repeatable test.
> 
> Changing %s to %r:
> 
> D4[''] = vsr

When you find the problem let us know -- might save somebody else some 
grief.  :)

~Ethan~