[Tutor] Stupid newbie question

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005, Valone, Toren W. wrote:
>I am trying to noodle thru classes with python and I built the following
>class
>
>import time
>
>class startremail:
>    def __init__(self):  
>     remailfile = open('U:\Bounce20.txt', 'r')             #future
>address/file from outlook
>     resendfile = open('resend.txt', 'w')                  #currently these
>files are in Python24
>     EmailReport = open('erprt.txt', 'w')                  #Report of bad
>emails etc
>     fromaddr='Tvalone at dmv.ca.gov'                         #set fromadd to a
>constant
>     null_recepient_count = 0
>     date_received = ""
>     date_email_generated = ""
>     Error_050 = ""
>     Error_501 = ""
>     Current_Date = time.ctime(time.time())
>     month = Current_Date[4:8]
>     day = Current_Date[8:10]
>     print month
>
>     def getday(self):
>         return self.day
>        
>     def Read(self,line):
>         line = remailfile.readline()                          #primer read 
>         return line
>
>
>I fire up IDLE and then do this 
>
>from startremail import *
>x = startremail()
>print x.getday()
>I get the following return
>
>NameError: name 'getday' is not defined

It appears that you're being bitten by my least-favorite ``feature''
of python, indentation errors.  The getday routine appears to be a
subroutine of __init__, not a method of the class.

BTW:  Not to start a religious war, I hated BEGIN/END blocks on
ALGOL too, but in those days my editor was an 026 keypunch or
worse, making paper tapes on a teletype for time sharing services.

Bill
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