Re: [Tutor] error message questions

2007-05-27 Thread Alan Gauld
"adam urbas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > Hello all,I was wondering if there would be someone who > would be able to give me a list of error messages and > their meanings. The errors are actually self explanatory - no really! - once you undestandd the basic concepts. But to understand those you

Re: [Tutor] error message questions

2007-05-27 Thread Rikard Bosnjakovic
On 5/27/07, adam urbas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It says: > > can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str' The reason is that raw_input() returns a string. What you are trying to do is multiply a string with a string, which - in Python - is an illegal operation. What you want to do is to

[Tutor] error message questions

2007-05-27 Thread adam urbas
Hello all,I was wondering if there would be someone who would be able to give me a list of error messages and their meanings. I've attached this test.py to illustrate my problem. When I run the program, I am able to enter all the data, yet it will not calculate.It says:can't multiply sequence