On Friday, April 26, 2013 10:53:44 AM UTC-4, Peter Otten wrote:
> tunacu...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > Hey,
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> > Let me explain what my program is supposed to do...
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> > I am using a macro program in conjunction with a python script I am
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> > writing. The macro inputs data into a database we use at my job, blah blah
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> > blah.
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> > The script asks how many numbers (devices) you need to enter. Next, it
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> > asks you to input the device numbers. When you input them, it creates a
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> > list with all of the devices. I then tell it to go into the script of the
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> > Macro (firstdev.ahk) that will run on the back-end, and replace the word
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> > "device" with the first device in the list. It then should execute the
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> > Macro, change the device number back to the word "Device" for future use,
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> > and then delete the first number from the list. It will repeat as long as
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> > there are numbers in the list.
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> > The error I receive is "TypeError: Can't convert 'int' object to str
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> > implicitly" when it tries to put the device into the macro script.
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> Python is trying hard to give you a meaningful error message and shows the
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> line causing the error in the traceback. It pays to read carefully -- or to
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> post it here if it doesn't make sense to you.
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> > devlist = []
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> ...
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> > Number = int(input("Enter Device number: "))
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> > devlist.append(Number)
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> ...
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> > line = line.replace(devlist[0], "device")
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> devList is a list of integers, and devlist[0] is thus an int.
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> >>> "foo device bar\n".replace(42, "device")
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> Traceback (most recent call last):
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> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
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> TypeError: Can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly
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> Implicitly? So let's try and convert the int /explicitly/ .
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> >>> "foo device bar\n".replace(str(42), "device")
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> 'foo device bar\n'
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> No error, but probably still not what you expected. Can you sort it out
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> yourself?
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> > I am fairly new to python, so if anything looks screwed up or like I am an
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> > idiot, it is because I am.
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> I like to see a bit of self-deprecation now and then, but on this list
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> complete tracebacks find even more love ;)
Thank you, Peter. This was a tremendous help. Got it working.
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