need help with my append syntax

[yaffa]

dear folks,

i'm trying to append a semicolon to my addr string and am using the
syntax below. for some reason the added on of the ; doesn't work.
when i print it out later on it only shows the original value of addr.

addr = incident.findNextSibling('td')
addr.append('%s;')

thanks

yaffa

 

[Qiangning Hong]

dear folks,

i'm trying to append a semicolon to my addr string and am using the
syntax below. for some reason the added on of the ; doesn't work.
when i print it out later on it only shows the original value of addr.

addr = incident.findNextSibling('td')
addr.append('%s;')

Is addr is really a string? AFAIK, strings havn't an append methond.

use += to extend strings:

..>>> addr = 'abc'
..>>> addr += '%s;'
..>>> addr
'abc%s;'

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[Michael Ekstrand]

addr = incident.findNextSibling('td')
addr.append('%s;')

addr += ';'

or

addr2 = '%s;' % addr

Strings, being immutable, do not support appending like lists do. Also,
the %whatever specifiers are only in effect when used with the string
formatting operator (%).

-Michael

 

[Qiangning Hong]

Do not discuss off-list, maybe others will have better solutions to your
question. And also please do not top-posting, it makes me difficult to
trim the irrelevant text.

sorry addr is a variable. how to i append to that?

I know addr is a variable (or better a name). But what object do you
assign to it? I mean, does incident.findNextSibling('td') return a
string or an object of another type?

If your code "addr.append('%s;')" doesn't raise an exception, it is
pretty sure what assigned to addr is not a string (maybe a list, which
has an "append" method). You can use "print addr" or "print repr(addr)"
to determine that.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Qiangning Hong" <[email protected]>
To: "yaffa" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: need help with my append syntax

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Qiangning Hong

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failed to impress me.
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[bruno modulix]

dear folks,

Dear Yaffa,

i'm trying to append a semicolon to my addr string

Python strings don't have a 'append' method.

and am using the
syntax below. for some reason the added on of the ; doesn't work.

"doesn't work" is the worst possible description of a problem.
Please read
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

when i print it out later on it only shows the original value of addr.

addr = incident.findNextSibling('td')
addr.append('%s;')

If you don't have an AttributeError here then addr is not bound to a string.

thanks

yaffa

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