syntax error in sum(). Please explicate.
Delaney, Timothy (Tim)
tdelaney at avaya.com
Sun Nov 19 19:39:05 EST 2006
John Machin wrote:
> Michael Press wrote:
>> I have not written python codes nor run any. I saw this
>> code posted and decided to try it. It fails. I read the
>> tutorial and the entry for the built in function sum,
>> but still do not see the problem. The code was cut and
>> paste.
>
> I doubt it -- "none" should be "None"
Not necessarily. He said he cut-and-pasted - I interpreted that to be
from *his* editor. But since he was getting a SyntaxError, he would not
have hit the NameError yet ...
All-in-all, this actually felt like a post from someone who *had* read:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Tim Delaney
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