[Tutor] how to accept an integer?

[Mahesh N]

I dun understand the mistake. My aim is to accept an integer number. The
python lookup in IDLE asks for a string object but the interpreter returns
with the following error message. Some one pls explain.
Thank You

PS : I understand that i can do type conversion after getting input thru
raw_input(). But how does input() function work?

>>> prompt="temme a number\n"
>>> speed =input(prompt)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
speed =input(prompt)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
>>> speed =input("temme a number\n")

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
speed =input("temme a number\n")
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
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Re: [Tutor] how to accept an integer?

[Mahesh N]

On Dec 6, 2007 2:31 AM, Mahesh N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I dun understand the mistake. My aim is to accept an integer number. The
> python lookup in IDLE asks for a string object but the interpreter returns
> with the following error message. Some one pls explain.
> Thank You
>
> PS : I understand that i can do type conversion after getting input thru
> raw_input(). But how does input() function work?
>
> >>> prompt="temme a number\n"
> >>> speed =input(prompt)
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "", line 1, in 
> speed =input(prompt)
> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
> >>> speed =input("temme a number\n")
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "", line 1, in 
> speed =input("temme a number\n")
> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
>
>
>
>
absolutely, i went up the shell and found out that i had declared a variable
named input and it was shadowing the input() function. i restarted the shell
and now everything's fine.
Thanks Everyone.




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Re: [Tutor] how to accept an integer?

[Mahesh N]

On Dec 6, 2007 2:37 AM, Eric Brunson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Mahesh N wrote:
> > I dun understand the mistake. My aim is to accept an integer number.
> > The python lookup in IDLE asks for a string object but the interpreter
> > returns with the following error message. Some one pls explain.
> > Thank You
> >
> > PS : I understand that i can do type conversion after getting input
> > thru raw_input(). But how does input() function work?
>
> Did you read this?
>
> http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-40
>
> What do you not understand about it?
>
> >
> > >>> prompt="temme a number\n"
> > >>> speed =input(prompt)
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "", line 1, in 
> > speed =input(prompt)
> > TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
> > >>> speed =input("temme a number\n")
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "", line 1, in 
> > speed =input("temme a number\n")
> > TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
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sorry i dint go thru the docs. i thought i will delve into it once i felt
comfortable with the language.
is the new line character not allowed in input() statement ???
cuz i tried it without the new line character and it works fine.
More over i find python to be a little sluggish after having worked with C
and Java. But one thing's for sure. Its damn powerful and a lovely language.
can someone temme where python is most applicable?
server side scripting? am i guessing it right?
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[Tutor] PIDA Issue

[Mahesh N]

I have installed pida succesfully using the command
python setup.py install
Installation was successful i.e. no errors but when i launch pida, it says
some module is missing. wat could be the problem??? i am posting the result
of installation and of launching the program.


maggi:~/Desktop/PIDA-0.5.1#python setup.py install
.
.
.
.
running install_scripts
copying build/scripts-2.4/pida -> /usr/bin
copying build/scripts-2.4/pida-remote -> /usr/bin
changing mode of /usr/bin/pida to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pida-remote to 755
maggi:~/Desktop/PIDA-0.5.1# pida
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pida", line 28, in ?
from pida.core.application import main
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pida/core/__init__.py", line 3, in
?
import pida.core.environment
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pida/core/environment.py", line 4,
in ?from kiwi.environ import Library, environ
ImportError: No module named kiwi.environ


I need an IDE badly.
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