40 lines
1.1 KiB
Plaintext
40 lines
1.1 KiB
Plaintext
From: wtanksle at dolphin.openprojects.net (William Tanksley)
|
|
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:22:51 GMT
|
|
Subject: Errors
|
|
References: <3728CD26.907ED9A1@geocities.com>
|
|
Message-ID: <slrn7ihqeb.dk7.wtanksle@dolphin.openprojects.net>
|
|
X-UID: 1256
|
|
|
|
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:16:50 GMT, smoothasice at geocities.com wrote:
|
|
>Ok I have been using python and I have noticed that the errors aren't
|
|
>truly helpful.. I don't know if I just didn't learn this properly but I
|
|
>dont' know why this generates an error:
|
|
|
|
The errors could certainly be improved, couldn't they?
|
|
|
|
>for word in All_Words:
|
|
> z = 0
|
|
> while z < len(word):
|
|
> if z == 0:
|
|
> tally = tally + alpha.index(word[z])
|
|
> else:
|
|
> tally = tally + (alpha.index(word[z]) * 26)
|
|
|
|
>It gives me this: NameError: tally
|
|
>and I don't know why......
|
|
|
|
This one's not too hard -- look at 'tally'. What is its starting value?
|
|
You're trying to use a variable which has no value. Try setting it to
|
|
zero somewhere.
|
|
|
|
>Anton
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
-William "Billy" Tanksley
|
|
"But you shall not escape my iambics."
|
|
-- Gaius Valerius Catullus
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|