[Tutor] python qn

[Danny Yoo]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Carmel O'Shannessy <carmelos at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> times  =  ['50.319468', '50.319468', 't1']
>
> I want to convert  [0:2] to floats.
>
> I tried:
>
> float.times = [float(i) for i in times[:2]]

Hi Carmel,

Do you intend to have a variable named "float.times" here on the left
hand side of the assignment?

If so, try a different name.  What's happening is not variable
assignment, but member assignment.  The above statement is saying:

    Take the "float" type, and set its "times" attribute to the right hand side.

And that's almost certainly not what you want to do.