On Mar 4, 2:49 pm, MRAB <goo...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > Fab86 wrote: > > On Mar 4, 1:40 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > >> En Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:11:30 -0200, Fab86 <fabien.h...@gmail.com> escribió: > > >>> On Mar 4, 12:00 am, MRAB <goo...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > >>>> Fab86 wrote: > >>>>> On Mar 3, 8:59 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > >>>>>> How to "spell" exactly the exception name should appear in the > >>>>>> documentation; might be yahoo.SearchError, or > >>>> yahoo.search.SearchError, or > >>>>>> yahoo.errors.SearchError, or similar. > >>>>> I have been trying except SearchError: however I get the error: > >>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): > >>>>> File "C:\Downloads\MoS\yws-2.12\Python\pYsearch-3.1\timeDelay.py", > >>>>> line 19, in <module> > >>>>> except SearchError: > >>>>> NameError: name 'SearchError' is not defined > >>>>> I have searched all documents for terms along the lines of searcherror > >>>>> but am finding nothing.. > >>>> It's defined in the module you imported to get the search functionality. > >>> I imported: > >>> from yahoo.search.web import WebSearch > >>> However there is nothing re SearchError in that doc or in the .py. > >>> I can only find a reference to SearchError in the __init__ file as a > >>> class called SearchError > >> The __init__.py indicates a package > >> <http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#packages> > >> You didn't tell the package name (the name of the directory containing > >> __init__.py) so this is somewhat generic. If the package name is foo, use: > >> from foo import SearchError > >> If foo is a subpackage under bar, use: > >> from bar.foo import SearchError > > >> It *might* be: > >> from yahoo.search.web import WebSearch > >> or perhaps: > >> from yahoo.search import WebSearch > > >> You can enter those lines in the interactive interpreter to discover the > >> right form. (This really ought to have been documented) > > >> -- > >> Gabriel Genellina > > > Ok, I managed to import the correct error class (was in a non expected > > place) > > > Just as I thought I was finished, I encountered a final problem. I am > > running a while loop which is constantly adding search results to a > > file, like this (print >> f, res.total_results_available). I have put > > an exception in that if it times out, it simply tries again until its > > finished. The problem is that the loop re-write all new results > > continuing on from the previous searches. I would like to somehow > > delete all in that file and start again. > > > I thought this could simply be achieved by putting f.close() in the > > exception and then it re-writes it however I am getting this error: > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/home/csunix/scs5fjnh/FYProj/Python/pYsearch-3.1/test9.py", > > line 17, in <module> > > print >> f, res.total_results_available > > ValueError: I/O operation on closed file > > > Is there another way rather than closing the file? Is it possible to > > delete all within the file? > > You could do: > > f.seek(0) > f.truncate() > > I hope you don't just discard all the results you've got so far and then > start from the beginning again.
MRAB, yes I do, thats the only way I can I get it to work. I wouldnt know how to make the program read the expection and then carry of from the last search term. Is that even possible? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
