Weird errors when trying to access a dictionary key

[robinsiebler]

I have a data structure that looks like this:

# dates = {'2007': {'25': {'06/23/07': {'aerosmith': [{'sweet
emotion': 1}, {'dream on': 2}],
# 'Metallica': [{'Fade to
Black': 1}, {'Master of Puppets': 1}]},
# 'last_song': [Master of Puppets', 'Fade to Black',
'sweet emotion']}}}

I have a section where I try to loop through a set of dates and print
out all of the songs for a given artist:

if type == 'artist':
rpt_file.writelines('Song Summary for ' + artist + '\n\n')
for year in sorted(rpt_dates):
for week in sorted(rpt_dates[year]):
for date in sorted(dates[year][week]):
if artist in dates[year][week][date]:
report.append(date)
for song in sorted(dates[year][week][date]
[artist]):
rpt_file.writelines('\t' + [song].keys() \
+ '\t' +
[song].values() + '\n')
I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 3.5\lib\support\dbgp
\pythonlib\dbgp\client.py", line 1843, in runMain
self.dbg.runfile(debug_args[0], debug_args)
File "C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 3.5\lib\support\dbgp
\pythonlib\dbgp\client.py", line 1538, in runfile
h_execfile(file, args, module=main, tracer=self)
File "C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 3.5\lib\support\dbgp
\pythonlib\dbgp\client.py", line 596, in __init__
execfile(file, globals, locals)
File "C:\scripts\python\Songs\song_report.py", line 136, in <module>
if __name__== '__main__': main()
File "C:\scripts\python\Songs\song_report.py", line 134, in main
print_rpt(options.type, rpt_dates, dates, args)
File "C:\scripts\python\Songs\song_report.py", line 107, in
print_rpt
+ '\t' + [song].values() + '\n')
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'keys'

Here is where it gets weird:

type(song)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 3.5\lib\support\dbgp
\pythonlib\dbgp\client.py", line 3241, in runcode
locals = self.frame.f_locals)
File "C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 3.5\lib\support\dbgp
\pythonlib\dbgp\client.py", line 1583, in runcode
h_exec(code, globals=globals, locals=locals, module=module)
File "C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 3.5\lib\support\dbgp
\pythonlib\dbgp\client.py", line 520, in __init__
exec code in globals, locals
File "<console>", line 0, in <module>
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
song
{"I Don't Wanna Stop": 1}
song.keys()
["I Don't Wanna Stop"]

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[Zentrader]

rpt_file.writelines('\t' + [song].keys() \

+ '\t' +
I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'keys'

All of these messages are correct. The first error is
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'keys'
You are converting the dictionary to a list on this line, and lists do
not have keys

rpt_file.writelines('\t' + [song].keys() \

---to a list <---
When you print it, you are printing a dictionary, so it does have
keys. Note the first line has braces, not brackets so it is a
dictionary. You might want to consider using a dictionary of classes,
with each class containing all of the data that is now in the
hodgepodge of dictionaries, or simply a list with item[0]=year,
item[1]=month, etc. This is an over-simplified version of using
classes to store data. There has to be more examples on the web.

.class my_class :
..   def __init__(self):
..      self.field_1 = "init field_1"
..      self.field_2 = 0
..
..objectList = []
..for j in range(0, 2):
..    objectList.append( my_class() )
..
..objectList[0].field_1= "Test [0] Field 1"
..objectList[0].field_2= "Data for Field #2 for [0]"
..objectList[0].field_3= "Data for Field #3 for [0]"  ## not in
original

print "objectList[0] =", objectList[0].field_1, "---->",
\
objectList[0].field_2, "---->",
objectList[0].field_3
print "objectList[1] =", objectList[1].field_1, "---->",
objectList[1].field_2

[robinsiebler]

You are converting the dictionary to a list on this line, and lists do

not have keys rpt_file.writelines('\t' + [song].keys() \

How am I converting it to a list?

Note the first line has braces, not brackets so it is a
dictionary.

Braces? What 1st line are you talking about?

[robinsiebler]

Ignore my previous response. :p

I figured out what my problem was. I had [song].keys() when I really
meant song.keys() and really needed str(song.keys()). I just got a
little too bracket happy. :p

[Ben Finney]

ro**********@gmail.com writes:

I have a data structure that looks like this:
[...]
rpt_file.writelines('\t' + [song].keys() + '\t' + [song].values() + '\n')

Forms the list [song] twice, attempting to call the 'keys()' method
and the 'values()' method of that list in turn...

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
[...]
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'keys'

.... which doesn't exist.

Here is where it gets weird:

song
{"I Don't Wanna Stop": 1}
song.keys()
["I Don't Wanna Stop"]

Yes. A list doesn't have a 'keys' or 'values' method, a dict
does. 'song' is a dict. So why are you not calling the 'keys' method
of the 'song' object?

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Ben Finney

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

ro**********@gmail.com a écrit :

I have a data structure that looks like this:

(snip)

>
I get the following error:

(snip)

AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'keys'

Already answered.

Here is where it gets weird:

type(song)

(snip)

TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

You code snippet started with:
if type == 'artist':

which implies you bound the name 'type' to a string. Then you try to use
the object bound to name 'type' as a callable. Python's bindings are
just name=>object mappings, and nothing prevents you to rebind a builtin
name. IOW, avoid using builtins types and functions as identifiers.

HTH