Python script isn't producing text in data file

[alister]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:23:56 -0800, Docfxit wrote:

> On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 7:55:17 PM UTC-8, Ben Finney wrote:
>> Docfxit <docfxit at gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > I am happy to paste it into a post.  The reason I didn't is because
>> > it's very large.  The Python script is 1239 lines long.
>> 
>> That's too long to direct us toward, no matter where you put it.
>> 
>> Your task, then, is to construct a *much* smaller and simpler example
>> that still demonstrates the behaviour you want explained.
>> 
>> Once you have that, one of two things will be true:
>> 
>> * It will be small and clear enough that we can discuss it here
>>   usefully. Or
>> 
>> * You will have understood the problem well enough to solve it
>> yourself.
>> 
>> Please, construct a Short, Self-Contained, Complete Example
>> <URL:http://sscce.org/> of code that exhibits the behaviour.
>> 
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>> Ben Finney
> 
> Thank you all for the encouragement to make it smaller.
> I don't know enough about Python to figure out how to isolate where the
> problem is happening.

That should then be your first port of call, check the Python 
documentation & step through the code manually.
> 
> Maybe it would be best If I could get some help in getting a debugger
> working so I can try to work through the script one line at a time. 

it is probably just as easy to add print statements into a copy of the 
code so you can where the code has got to & what your Values are.

> I have started to install a debugger but I can't get it working.
> I'm working in Win7 Pro.  I'm trying to get Winpdb working.
> I have an error when I run the debugger.  It says winpdb is missing.
> 
> winpdb.py is located in:       -same version
> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages C:\winpdb-winpdb
> 
> winpdb   is located in:
> C:\winpdb-winpdb
> 
> Is winpdb supposed to be in c:\python27?
> 
> If it is, how is it supposed to get there?  (Some install?)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Docfxit





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