On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Anand Patil <2002an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi. > > I have a unique question or may be i am not so perfect at python.Please > help me out > > a, b, c = 0, 0, 0 > def getabc(): > print "hi " > > def gettuple(): > print "hello all" > > def getlist(): > print "bye" > > lis={"a":["getabc","gettuple","getlist"]} > lis['a'][1]() > > why does this fail ? > The failure message that you get would give you a hint about reason for failure. You are storing a list of strings (the method names) as value for dictionary key 'a'. The invocation : lis['a'][1]() results in call similar to "gettuple"() resulting in error: "TypeError: 'str' object is not callable". What you intend to do is to store function objects in the list and and you can do this as below: lis={"a":[getabc,gettuple,getlist]} reg, sateesh _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers