Wadda ya mean it's not defined? Impossible Error?

[Adonis]

just initialize paths; like in C/C++ (in idea)
def parseLogs(paths = '', custs):  # should initialize path to NULL

and your error should go away...

im new to Python; but ive encountered this a few times.

hope this helps.

Adonis

David Gilbert wrote:

> I'm getting what appears to be an impossible error.  Here's a code
> snippet:
>
> def parseLogs(paths, custs):
>
>     ipfRecord = re.compile("^([0-9]+)[  ]+([0-9]+)[
> ]+([0-9a-z]+)([+-])")
>
>     last = {}
>     for i in range(len(paths)):             # Create start times
>         ... and so on.
>
> Here's the error snippet:
>
>   File "../devel/ditty/bandsaw2.py", line 37, in parseLogs
>     for i in range(len(paths)):             # Create start times
> UnboundLocalError: local variable 'paths' referenced before assignment
>
> Just when should "paths" be assigned?
>
> Dave.