[Tutor] If/else in Python 2.6.5 vs. Python 2.4.3

aeneas24 at priest.com aeneas24 at priest.com
Mon Oct 11 19:10:11 CEST 2010


Hi,

I have code that works fine when I run it on Python 2.6.5, but I get an "invalid syntax" error in Python 2.4.3. I'm hoping you can help me fix it.

The line in question splits a chunk of semi-colon separated words into separate elements.

rgenre = re.split(r';', rf.info["genre"] if "genre" in rf.info else []

I get a syntax error at "if" in 2.4.3. 

I tried doing the following but it doesn't work (I don't understand why). 



if "genre" in rf.info:
          rgenre = re.split(r';', rf.info["genre"])
else:
          []


And I tried this, too: 


if "genre" in rf.info:
          rgenre = re.split(r';', rf.info["genre"])
if "genre" not in rf.info:
          []

Both of these cause problems later on in the program, specifically "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'rgenre' referenced before assignment", about this line in the code (where each of these is one of the 30 possible genres):

rg1, rg2, rg3, rg4, rg5, rg6, rg7, rg8, rg9, rg10, rg11, rg12, rg13, rg14, rg15, rg16, rg17, rg18, rg19, rg20, rg21, rg22, rg23, rg24, rg25, rg26, rg27, rg28, rg29, rg30= rgenre + ["NA"]*(30-len(rgenre[:30]))

Thanks for any help--I gave a little extra information, but I'm hoping there's a simple rewrite of the first line I gave that'll work in Python 2.4.3.

Thanks,

Tyler



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