...and when I print out the string, it is still formatted as one would
expect a list to be:
<type 'str'> "['01', '02', '03', '04']"
Ben wrote:
> Ah... my list is a string. That explains the len() results, but not why
> it is a string in the dirst place.
>
> I have a dictionary containing a number of instances of the following
> class as values:
>
> class panel:
> mops =[]
>
> def __init__(self,number,level,location,mops,matrix):
> self.number=number
> self.level=level
> self.location=location
> self.mops=mops
> self.matrix=matrix
>
>
> abve mops is a list, yet when I access it it is a string...
>
>
>
> Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> > Ben wrote:
> >
> > > The output from this would be (for a given key value):
> > > Number: 181
> > > Level: ovride+supvis
> > > Location: mons=4 v8.0 3rd floor
> > > MOPS: ['287', '288', '289', '290']
> > > List Length: 28
> > > Matrix: kng
> > >
> > > This is really odd...my len(v.mops) ought to return 4 (4 elements in
> > > the list).
> >
> > adding a
> >
> > print type(v.mops), repr(v.mops)
> >
> > debug statement might provide you with the clues you need.
> >
> > > In fact it returns 28. looking at outputs from lots of
> > > records, it seems that the length is almost always 7 time too great
> > > (28/7=4)....but not always.
> >
> > >>> len("['287',")
> > 7
> > >>> len(" '288',")
> > 7
> > >>> len(" '289',")
> > 7
> > >>> len(" '290']")
> > 7
> >
> > </F>
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