Joshua Nikkel wrote:
ah that was it. I had a variable named len earlier. On a restart it was fine. Thanks!
Besides that you have a HUGE error!!! Your spelling! It should be : >>> s = 'supercalifragilisticoexpialidoso' :P
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Robert Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:No. Not so. Observe, please: Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, May 7 2008, 15:19:09) [GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] on linux2 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. **************************************************************** Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet. ****************************************************************IDLE 1.2.2 ==== No Subprocess ====>>> import math >>> math.sqrt(1054.12) 32.467214232206615 >>> s = 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' >>> s 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' >>> len(s) 34 >>> Have you by any chance assigned the function len to something else? Otherwise, it should work really well. If you do help(len) in the shell, wha dos it tell you. Robert Joshua Nikkel wrote:I've pasted the following from my python shell. Please note that the first two lines of code are taken directly from the standard tutorial files under section 3.1.2. <http://3.1.2.> Will someone please tell me why something as basic and straightforward as this will not work? Everything else seems to work just fine, but not this. All I need is someway to get the length of a string... please help, nosh Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. **************************************************************** Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet. ****************************************************************IDLE 1.2.2 ==== No Subprocess ====>>> s = 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' >>> len(s) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module> len(s) TypeError: 'str' object is not callable >>> s 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' >>> len(s) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module> len(s) TypeError: 'str' object is not callable >>>
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