string.replace() produces TypeError: an integer is required

[Max M]

theKid wrote:
> As far as I can tell, I'm using the function correctly:
> 
>                 import string
>                 import types
> 
>                 print type(data)
>                 print data
> 		data = string.replace(data, '\t', '\\t')             # line 58
> 		data = string.replace(data, '\n', '\\n')
> 		print data
> 

> 
> Am I using string.replace() correctly?


Yes. Most likely the problem is that you have deleted your "data" 
variable by mistake. It works when I define data.

data = "Hi\tThere"

import string
import types

print type(data)
print data
data = string.replace(data, '\t', '\\t')             # line 58
data = string.replace(data, '\n', '\\n')
print data

 >>> <type 'str'>
 >>> Hi	There
 >>> Hi\tThere


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