I have two questions that come along with the following code: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
from __future__ import print_function def sanitize(time): if '-' in time: splitter = '-' (mins,secs) = time.split(splitter, 1) return (mins+'.'+secs) elif ':' in time: splitter = ':' (mins,secs) = time.split(splitter, 1) return (mins+'.'+secs) else: return time #start class class Athlete: def __init__(self, a_name, a_dob=None, a_times=[]): self.name = a_name self.dob= a_dob self.times = a_times def top3(self): return(sorted(set([sanitize(t) for t in self.times]))[0:3]) #end class def get_coach_data(filename): try: with open(filename) as f: data = f.readline() temp1 = data.strip().split(',') return(Athlete(temp1.pop(0),temp1.pop(0), temp1) except IOError: print ('File error') return (None) james = get_coach_data('james2.txt') print (james.name + "'s fastest times are: " + str(james.top3())) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the original text file data I am working with called james2.txt located on my desktop: James Lee,2002-3-14,2-34,3:21,2.34,2.45,3.01,2:01,2:01,3:10,2-22,2-01,2.01,2:16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What does this line of code mean: return(Athlete(temp1.pop(0),temp1.pop(0), temp1) Is it making an Athlete class? if you can give examples to help explain what this is doing that would be helpful. 2. Why am I getting this error when I try to run the file? PS C:\Users\N\desktop> python gg.py File "gg.py", line 34 except IOError: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax PS C:\Users\N\desktop> What syntax is invalid here? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list