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[Roelof Wobben]

> From: steve at pearwood.info
> To: tutor at python.org
> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 23:55:32 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] (no subject)
> 
> On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 11:44:09 pm Roelof Wobben wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have made this program as solution to a exercise from thinking like
> > a computer scientist.
> [...]
> > But now Im getting this error message :
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "C:\Users\wobben\workspace\oefeningen\src\test.py", line 33, in
> > <module> test = make_empty([1, 2, 3, 4])
> > File "C:\Users\wobben\workspace\oefeningen\src\test.py", line 21, in
> > make_empty if type(element) == type([]):
> > NameError: global name 'element' is not defined
> >
> >
> >
> > What went wrong here ?
> 
> Read the error message again:
> 
> NameError: global name 'element' is not defined
> 
> You are trying to use something called "element", but you haven't 
> created anything with that name. The error message even tells you were 
> the problem is: line 21, in the function "make_empty".
> 
> 
> 
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> Steven D'Aprano
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Hello Steven.

 

I understand the error message.

I follow this example in the book : http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ch11.html

And there element is not defined.

 

Roelof

 
 		 	   		  
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