Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Shawn Minisall wrote: > > >> Sorry, it looks like it's on the fourth line with the 3 values on line >> 4...its reading line 3 fine >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module> >> main() >> File "I:\COMPUTER PROGRAMMING CLASS\PROJECT #1\project1.py", line 33, >> in main >> deposit1, deposit2, deposit3 = string.split(line, "\t") >> ValueError: too many values to unpack >> > > instead of fumbling around in the dark, try inserting a print statement > before the offending line, so you can see what you're trying to unpack: > > print string.split(line, "\t") # see what it is > deposit1, deposit2, deposit3 = string.split(line, "\t") > > </F> > I did and it printed everything up until the 3rd line with 3 numbers for deposits. I have since figured it out...the teacher put in an extra tab after the last value so python thought it was 4 values for three. I went back into the file and deleted the extra tab after the 3rd number and saved it...now it's working fine.
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