> On Sep 28, 7:13 pm, alex23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The problem is with this: >> >> > lines = lines.append(inLine) >> >> The append method of a list modifies the list in-place, it doesn't >> return a copy of the list with the new element appended. In fact, it >> returns None, which it then attaches the label 'lines' to, so the next >> iteration through it tries to call None.append... >> >> Replace the line with: >> >> lines.append(inLine) > > Do you ever want to scream from the rooftops, "'append' operates by > side-effect!"?
Ah! Thanks, especially for the quick response. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
