Ok, Let me restate and hopefully further clarify. 1. I have a field for a wxpython app using matplotlib to display
2. I have a sqlite3 db which I'm retrieving information from 3. The sqlitle data is returned as unicode: u'field' 4. The portion of the matplotlib code is filled in, in a for x in y: 5. in plot(self.plot), self.plot is the variable I'm using from the unicoded db field comes in from sqlite as u'[1,2,3,4]', which places a string in quotes in that variables place: plot(u'[1,2,3,4]') 6. the plot(eval(self.plot)), changes the variable from the u'[1,2,3,4]' to just [1,2,3,4] 7 As stated somewhere above, the float error has nothing to do with the probel, only the fact that it was used as if I had placed '' around the necessary data from the db field. 8. If anyone has a way better than eval to convert the u'field' when replacing a variable so that self.plot = [1,2,3,4] instead of self.plot = u'[1,2,3,4]' Let me know, meanwhile I'll be reviewing the replies more thoroughly, now that I've had a nap. Thanks, David _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
