On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:34:51PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote:
>
> len(foo) doesn't work:
>
> (My first shot at python!)
>
> def change_preamble(lines):
> for line in lines:
> words = string.split(line)
> if len(words) > 2:
> if [ "\\oddsidemargin", "\\evensidemargin", "\\marginparwidth",
> "\\textwidth", "\\topmargin",
>"\\textheight"].count(words[0]) != 0:
> len = words[1] + words[2]
^^^^
If you assign a value to the builtin len function, bad things will happen...
Also, the line
if [ "\\oddsidemargin", ...].count(words[0]) != 0:
can be replace by
if words[0] in ["\\oddsidemargin", ...]
However, it is probably better to use search&replace of regular expressions.
