Shawn Minisall a écrit : > 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. > I'm going to kill her...
You'd better learn how to deal with "this-cant-happen-here" situation, because it's how it is in real-life. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list