> > > resultname=""" > > > That starts a string literal. > > i am not sure if this is the right way..i used it in case > matchdistance < threshold return False.then the filename will not be > taken from the filenameslist and so returns as an empty string. >a one-tuple
why not use None instead? if (matchdistance < threshold): resultname=filenameslist[index] else: resultname=None will that not be better? gordon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list