Could it be some import statement? That the gzip file is "shadowed" in some way?
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 16:11, Alan Gauld<alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> "Mike Hoy" <hoy...@gmail.com> wrote
>
>
>> I have the following code:
>
> Is this in a file or are you typing it at the python
> interpreter >>> primpt?
>
>> import gzip
>> import datetime
>> date = datetime.date.today()
>> name = date.strftime('%m-%d-%Y')+'.gz'
>> date.strftime('%m-%d-%Y')+'.gz'
>> print "The name of the file will be", name
>
> If its in a file you should only get one print
> If its at the >>> prompt you should get a string after
> the second call to date.strftime and then your print.
>
>> the output is:
>> The name of the file will be
>> The name of the file will be 06-08-2009.gz
>> I can't figure out why 'The name of the file will be' is printing twice.
>> Any
>> help appreciated.
>
> If that is what you get then me neither!
>
> Alan G.
>
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