why do I get name not defined error

[zaheer.agadi]

Hi,

I have the following declared in my class, I am trying tp call a
method defined in the same class
I am not sure why I am getting name not defined error

if options.uploadFile != None :
print "This is path", the_rest
filePath = the_rest
UploadFile(None,filePath)

def UploadFile(self,path):
print "I wil upload now"
os.chdir(homeFolder)
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
.....

any ideas why the error name UploadFile not defined

Thnaks

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Hi,

I have the following declared in my class, I am trying tp call a
method defined in the same class
I am not sure why I am getting name not defined error

if options.uploadFile != None :
print "This is path", the_rest
filePath = the_rest
UploadFile(None,filePath)

def UploadFile(self,path):
print "I wil upload now"
os.chdir(homeFolder)
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
.....

any ideas why the error name UploadFile not defined

Because you need to define things *before* you use them the first time.
This is not to be confused with forward-declarations, as they are needed
in C for example - in python you can do


def foo():
bar()

def bar():
foo()


(resulting in an endless loop of course)

But you can't do


def foo():
bar()

foo() # this will fail

def bar():
foo()



Diez

 

[Peter Otten]

I have the following declared in my class, I am trying tp call a
method defined in the same class
I am not sure why I am getting name not defined error

Assuming this is part of a method

def method(self):

if options.uploadFile != None :
print "This is path", the_rest
filePath = the_rest
UploadFile(None,filePath)

you have to change the above line to

self.UploadFile(filePath)


Now consider reading a tutorial before you proceed.

Peter