What am I doing wrong in this simple tkinter example?

[Mitya Sirenef]

On 03/16/2013 11:16 AM, Yves S. Garret wrote:
> On Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:10:07 AM UTC-4, Mitya Sirenef wrote:
>> On 03/16/2013 10:53 AM, Yves S. Garret wrote:
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>>> Hi all, I'm well into "Python  Programming for the Absolute Beginner" in order to
>>   > become more acquainted with the language. However, when I got to page
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>>   > did my first example:
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>>   > http://bin.cakephp.org/view/1107093008
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>>   > And this is the error that I'm getting:
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>>   > http://bin.cakephp.org/view/399711843
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>>   > This is the code that came with the book:
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>>   > http://bin.cakephp.org/view/514822432
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>>   > What I don't understand is, why am I getting that error? I've done
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>> diff -w
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>>   > and the code looks for the most part the same. What am I doing wrong
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>> when I
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>>   > put the application together?
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>> The error is that indexes are supposed to be integers, instead you have
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>> a text string:
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>> "That's not the correct password, so I can't s hare the secret with you."
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>>       -m
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>> -- 
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>> Lark's Tongue Guide to Python: http://lightbird.net/larks/
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>> The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total
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>> optimism.  George Santayana
> *shrug*
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> In the example that I have posted from the book it works just fine.  I also used
> this batch file to help me along.
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> longevity.py
> pause
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> Hence the question mark over my head at the moment :) .

You are giving a message to the delete call, but delete call
needs an integer to work. In the book, it's not a delete call
but an insert call that's why it works there.

  -m

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Lark's Tongue Guide to Python: http://lightbird.net/larks/