Hi! on Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:01:02 +0200 Adriano Varoli Piazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adriano Varoli Piazza > Adriano Varoli Piazza > def loadfromfile(fname): Adriano Varoli Piazza > try: Adriano Varoli Piazza > finput = file(fname, 'r') Adriano Varoli Piazza > global lines global say, that lines is "global" defined. Otherwise as in your first version the lines-List is defined local in the loadfromfile()-function. (You can return the local list and assign it, where you call the loadfromfile()- function. ) Adriano Varoli Piazza > lines = [] Adriano Varoli Piazza > for line in finput: Adriano Varoli Piazza > line = line[:-1] Adriano Varoli Piazza > lines.append(line) Adriano Varoli Piazza > finput.close() Adriano Varoli Piazza > #return lines As you do not use the returned value of loadfromfile(), it's useless here. Adriano Varoli Piazza > except: Adriano Varoli Piazza > print "Couldn't load from file %s" % (fname) Adriano Varoli Piazza > Adriano Varoli Piazza > works (with or without the return lines statements, that's why I Adriano Varoli Piazza > commented it), but I don't understand why. I know lists are modified in- Adriano Varoli Piazza > place, so I'd imagine it would work in the first case too. Adriano Varoli Piazza > ------------------- end ---------------------- HTH Ewald _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
