[Tutor] Needing Help

[Bob Rea]

On Tue June 30 2009 3:20 pm, you wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Bob Rea 
<bob at telaugos.com> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > If I input my own name and dob, it works:
> > bob at gandalf:~/python/MakingUse/Chapter05> python
> > code1.py Enter your first name:  Bob
> > Enter your last name:  Rea
> > Enter your date of birth, mm-dd-yyyy:  03-05-1943
> > You can chose one of the following login names:
> > 1.   BobR
> > 2.   BobR53
> > 3.   RBob43
> > 4.   BRea66
> >
> > If I use the data listed in the book, it fails:
> > bob at gandalf:~/python/MakingUse/Chapter05> python
> > code1.py Enter your first name:  Laura
> > Enter your last name:  Jones
> > Enter your date of birth, mm-dd-yyyy:  12-24-1980
> > You can chose one of the following login names:
> > 1.   LauraJ
> > 2.   LauraJ2412
> > 3.   JLaura80
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "code1.py", line 67, in ?
> >    fourth=fname[0]+lname+ age_func()
> > TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType'
> > objects
> >
> > What is going on here?
>
> Well the first line after "Traceback" give you the line
> of code and the filename. Which happens to be code1.py
> line 67.
>
> TypeError is the type of error - specifically you tried
> to do something with incompatible types. In this case,
> adding together a string and NoneType.
>
> I'll do a little digging, but my guess is you have a
> problem with your age_func() not returning any value.
>
> HTH,
> Wayne

Why doe sit work with a dob in 1943 and not with one in 1980 
then, that's what really bugs me
-- 
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Where is Bill Stringfellow
	now that we really need him?