How do I pass a list to a __init__ value/definition?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

ryanshewcraft at gmail.com wrote:
> You guys are right it is getting passed initially.  I checked in by
> printing the self.regressors in the class and it gives the list.  But I
> get the error:  TypeError: iteration over non-sequence for
> 
> def Regress(self):
<ot>
the usual Python coding style is to use either all_lowercase
(preferably) or mixedCase names for functions/methods names
</ot>

>         print self.regressors
>         for reg in self.regressors:
>             index = HedgeFund(self.dbh, reg)
>             indexTS[reg] =  FundReturnSeries(dbh,index, sd, ed)

Names 'sd' and 'ed' are undefined.

>             indexNames[reg] = index.Name()
>             header.append(index.Name())
>             header.append("t-statistic")
>         header.append("r-squared")
>         fh_csv.writerow(header)
> 
> and when I print self.regressors here it only gives me the first number
> in the list.  This bit of code is directly below the __init__ method.
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?  

Sorry, I lack the needed psychic powers to find a bug in a code I can't
see !-)

Some wild guesses:
 * you overwrite self.regressors somewhere else
 * there's at least one case where you instanciate MultipleRegression
with someting that is not iterable.


FWIW, always try to reduce code to the minimal runnable snippet
exhibiting the problem, so others have a chance to help you. As a
side-effect, one very often finds the problem while doing so !-)


HTH
-- 
bruno desthuilliers
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