Cannot figure out line of code, also not understanding error

[Vincent Vande Vyvre]

Le 20/02/2014 08:32, ApathyBear a écrit :
> I have two questions that come along with the following code:
>
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>
> from __future__ import print_function
>
> def sanitize(time):
> 	if '-' in time:
> 		splitter = '-'
> 		(mins,secs) = time.split(splitter, 1)
> 		return (mins+'.'+secs)
> 	elif ':' in time:
> 		splitter = ':'
> 		(mins,secs) = time.split(splitter, 1)
> 		return (mins+'.'+secs)
> 	else:
> 		return time
>
>
> #start class
> class Athlete:
> 	def __init__(self, a_name, a_dob=None, a_times=[]):
> 		self.name = a_name
> 		self.dob= a_dob
> 		self.times = a_times
>
> 	def top3(self):
> 		return(sorted(set([sanitize(t) for t in self.times]))[0:3])
> #end class	
>
> def get_coach_data(filename):
> 	try:
> 		with open(filename) as f:
> 			data = f.readline()
> 		temp1 = data.strip().split(',')
> 		return(Athlete(temp1.pop(0),temp1.pop(0), temp1)
> 	
> 	except IOError:
> 		print ('File error')
> 		return (None)
>
> james = get_coach_data('james2.txt')
>
> print (james.name + "'s fastest times are: " + str(james.top3()))
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is the original text file data I am working with called james2.txt located on my desktop:
>
> James Lee,2002-3-14,2-34,3:21,2.34,2.45,3.01,2:01,2:01,3:10,2-22,2-01,2.01,2:16
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> 1. What does this line of code mean:
> return(Athlete(temp1.pop(0),temp1.pop(0), temp1)
>
> Is it making an Athlete class? if you can give examples to help explain what this is doing that would be helpful.
>
>
>
>
> 2. Why am I getting this error when I try to run the file?
> PS C:\Users\N\desktop> python gg.py
>    File "gg.py", line 34
>      except IOError:
>           ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> PS C:\Users\N\desktop>
>
> What syntax is invalid here?
One parenthesis missing here:

		return(Athlete(temp1.pop(0),temp1.pop(0), temp1))



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