Forget what I said. Tim's right. Return an iterable from within your method not an integer.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > On 21/10/2010 13:42, Richard D. Moores wrote: > >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "c:\P26Working\test_urllib2_21a.py", line 148, in<module> >> unchanged_count, higher_count, lower_count, secs = >> sleep_seconds_control(unchanged_count, higher_count, lower_count, >> secs) >> TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable >> >> I'm working on a script that keeps track of the USD -> Japanese Yen >> exchange rate. I'm experimenting with adding functionality that >> changes the seconds to sleep between web scrapes, depending on >> consecutive outputs of no change in the exchange rate. Please see the >> code at<http://tutoree7.pastebin.com/KWmdk8jb> >> > > sleep_seconds_control is returning an integer. > > You're trying to assign that integer to the four names: > > unchanged_count, higher_count, lower_count, secs > > Python therefore tries to iterate over the integer to > allocate one item to each of the four name. > > And it can't. Because it's an integer > > TJG > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- Eloy Zuniga Jr. www.eloyz.com
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