int(line) does not give expected results...

[bustBuddy]

And it's not me. This is taken verbatim from Mark Lutz's book "Programming Python"

you have data.txt:

123
000
999
042

You have adder.py:

import sys
sum = 0
while True:
try:
line = raw_input()
except EORError:
break
else:
sum += int(line)
print sum



Now at the command line:

user@computer:~$cat data.txt | python adder.py

This is supposed to output 1164 instead I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "adder.py", line 9, in <module>
sum += int( line )
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

I've looked up int() and by its description this should work. I've also tried to run it with different commands, like:

python adder.py < data.txt

python sorter.py < data.txt | python adder.py

All give the same error. I'm using version 2.5.1

(The code is indented correctly, just doesn't show up that way here.)

[jlm699]

It's gotta be you...

works for me with one minor change...

EOFError... not EOR

[bustBuddy]

That was a typing mistake. I meant EOFError.

Are you on a linux or a windows computer?

I don't know if it would make any difference. But I can't understand how it could be me.

[bustBuddy]

Well, this is odd...

I was trying to run this script on an Ubuntu system. Gutsy 7.10

I decided to go to a WinXP system and try it with 'type' instead of 'cat'

The script worked as expected. Well, that system is a dual boot with Kubuntu Feisty Fawn. So I booted into that system and ran the scripts there. (with cat again.) This system gave me the same error as on Ubuntu.

I have one more computer that dual boots win98/zenwalk. I decided to run the script on zenwalk. The script ran correctly, just as it did on WinXp.

Now Kubuntu is pretty much the same thing as Ubuntu. But Zenwalk is Slackware. So, I'm wondering if it has something to do with the system?

[bgeddy]

Were you using the same numbers file across your tests ? Looks like the numbers file that is failing has a blank or empty line after the last number. Try removing it with a line editor like Vim/ed/pico to make sure no extra line feeds or empty lines exist..

Just as a tip - try this slight addition to the script :

import sys
sum = 0
while True:
    try:
        line = raw_input()
    except EOFError:
        break
    else:
        print "Hey - I've got a line line:'%s'" % line
        sum += int(line)
        print sum

It some times helps when you have a bug like this to put in a print statement to see what python is getting !