[Tutor] unexpected list entry
surya k
suryak at live.com
Fri Dec 2 16:52:22 CET 2011
One more thing I want to mention..
I think there is a problem in the IDE itself. I have faced some problems
with this IDE before... (Not with this)
Could you please tell me a free python IDE (No Eclipse/ Netbeans)
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From: "Dave Angel" <d at davea.name>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 7:43 PM
To: "surya k" <suryak at live.com>
Cc: "Python Tutor" <tutor at python.org>
Subject: Re: [Tutor] unexpected list entry
> On 12/02/2011 08:49 AM, surya k wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just take a look at this small code.. I am just taking a string as input
>> and assigning it as a list.
>> But I am finding an unexpected entry in the list.. Why this is happening?
>>
>> I am using PyScripter IDE.
>>
>>
>> code :
>>
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env python
>>
>> def main():
>> pass
>>
>> if __name__ == '__main__':
>> main()
>>
>> print "Flames: "
>> name1 = raw_input('enter name 1')
>>
>> ListName1 = list(name1)
>> print name1
>> print ListName1
>>
>>
>> Output:
>>
>> Flames:
>> foo
>> [u'f', u'o', u'o']
>>
>>
>> Observe the last line.. it isn't showing [ 'f', 'o', 'o']
>> Why is that "u" coming in the middle from no where ??
>>
> The u"" notation just says it's a unicode string. No more confusing than
> the [] meaning it's a list. Neither is the content of the object, just
> showing you textually what the type is. You should also print
> repr(name1) to see if it is likewise a unicode string. I presume it's
> already unicode when returned by raw_input().
>
> My puzzle is how you got unicode strings, if you've shown your entire
> program. In Python3, all strings are unicode, so it wouldn't bother to
> say so. Besides, your code has a syntax error in it, if it's supposed to
> be Python 3.x
>
> You probably need to identify your particular version of Python, and the
> platform (OS) you're running it on.
>
> But it could be affected by your IDE (Pyscripter), or by a site.py or
> other implicitly loaded module.
> You can check for the former by running the script from a command shell.
>
> --
>
> DaveA
>
>
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