> So the first argument evaluated is "self" ... and in your case "self" is > "open(item, 'w')" so the first thing your line does is opening for > writing the file named by "item" and as "w" empty the file ... you can > read it afterward, it will be empty !
Ah! well spotted Pierre, I hadn't noticed that both input and output files were the same file! Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
