[Tutor] Importing a List from Module

[Tom Strickland]

Byron,

I'm confused (as usual). In "def returnList():" that you write below, 
should the items in the newList list be close[i] and looped to fill 
"newList" with the contents of "close"? If so, how is "returnLost" 
different from "close"?

Thanks!

Tom


Byron wrote:

> Tom Strickland wrote:
>
>> In my "main" module I import "enterData" and try to read the first 
>> element of "close" as follows:
>>
>>     import enterData
>>     xy=enterData.close
>>     print xy[0]  
>>
>> When I do this it prints out the entire "close" list, not just the 
>> first term.
>
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> I would create a function in your module that returns the list.  
> Here's a quick, simplified example:
>
> def returnList():
>     newList = []
>     newList += [123.45]
>     newList += [529.59]
>     newList += [259.92]
>     return newList
>     
> aList = returnList()
> print aList
>
>
> Note the return statement...  This enables assignment, as you have 
> done in "xy=enterData.returnList()"
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Byron
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