can't figure out syntax prob

[Robert Brewer]

You need a colon after the parameter list:

class FileGroup:
  sourceDir = ''
  destinDir = ''
  frequency = 1
  recursive = False
  def __init__(self, fg):
     self.sourceDir = getSourceDir(fg)
     self.destinDir = getDestinDir(fg)
     self.frequency = getFrequency(fg)
     self.recursive = getRecursive(fg)

Notice also that I indented the next line (sourceDir =
getSourceDir(fg)). I assumed it was part of the __init__ function?

You also probably meant to prefix the variables in __init__ with
"self.". This binds those values to each instance.


Robert Brewer
MIS
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python newbie [mailto:mesteve_b at hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 7:18 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: can't figure out syntax prob
> 
> 
> Can someone please tell me know what is wrong the code below. 
> Whether I try
> to just execute this class definition in IDLE, or include in 
> a py file that
> I attempt to run with python.exe, I get the error at the bottom.
> 
> In case this formatting gets messed up after posting, the 
> carrot is pointing
> at the second parenthesis.
> I saw in Quick Python book, that I can define an __init__ 
> function with more
> than argument.
> Thanks
> 
> -------------
> class FileGroup:
>   sourceDir = ''
>   destinDir = ''
>   frequency = 1
>   recursive = False
>   def __init__(self, fg)
>   sourceDir = getSourceDir(fg)
>      destinDir = getDestinDir(fg)
>      frequency = getFrequency(fg)
>      recursive = getRecursive(fg)
> ---------
> 
> 
>   File "OregonBackup.py", line 23
>     def __init__(self,fg)
>                                     ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
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