On Monday 10 March 2008 01:53, Varsha Purohit wrote: > # read the ascii file > hdr = read_ascii.header(inFile) > temp= hdr[4].strip().split() # temp is a list which is > ['cellsize', '127'] > cellsize = temp[1]
"cellsize" is a character string I think! You must convert it to a number to use it in a multiplication: cellsize = float(temp[1]) or cellsize = int(temp[1]) Regards, Eike. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor