Problem appending new class to a list of classes

yueying53

I am new to creating a list of classes. Hence I checked out this website: http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet390.html. However, I modified the code to check if a class with a particular has been created before.

My code works when I create the first class and append it to the list. However, subsequent creations and appending results in this error: "AttributeError: No __call__ method defined." Why is this so? Why does the program from the above link work but mine doesn't? How do I solve the problem?

Below are snippets of my code. If you require any other parts of it for further understanding, feel free to let me know.

Thanks a million!

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 class survey:

    def __init__(self,name,qn):

        self.name = name

        self.qn = qn

        self.ans_list=[]    #array of integers

        self.mean=''

        self.sd=''

        self.median=''

        self.mode=[]    #array of string

    def retrieve(self):

        debug = 'Survey name: ' + self.name + '\r\n'

        debug = debug + 'Qn: ' + self.qn + '\r\n'

        return debug

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survey_no=0

surveylist=[]

while (1):

     if content_list[2].lower()=='create':

         name = content_list[3].lower()    #SURVEY NAME

         first_occur = content.find('"')+1

         last_occur = content.rfind('"')

         qn = content[first_occur: last_occur]    #SURVEY QUESTION

         reply_sms=''

         for survey in surveylist:

             if survey.name==name:

                 reply_sms = 'This survey already exists. '

                 print reply_sms

         if reply_sms=='':

             surveylist.append(survey(name, qn))

                 reply_sms = surveylist[survey_no].retrieve()

             survey_no = survey_no + 1

                     print reply_sms

yueying53

Hi guys,

There's an error in my previous post. Lines 16 to 18 should be aligned according to line 15. Sorry for the error!

Regards,
Sam

bvdet

I cannot test your code because it is incomplete. Try inheriting from object.

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class survey(object):

Also, it may be helpful if you would post the error traceback which usually pinpoints the offending code.

Your problem may be in the for loop for survey in surveylist:. You are redefining the object reference survey.

yueying53

Hi bvdet,

I've attached my full code, and this is the error traceback:

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 Traceback (innermost last):

  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 298, in RunScript

    debugger.run(codeObject, __main__.__dict__, start_stepping=0)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\__init__.py", line 60, in run

    _GetCurrentDebugger().run(cmd, globals,locals, start_stepping)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\debugger.py", line 582, in run

    _doexec(cmd, globals, locals)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\debugger.py", line 924, in _doexec

    exec cmd in globals, locals

  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Samantha Lim\Desktop\surveym.py", line 193, in ?

    surveylist.append(survey(name, qn))

AttributeError: no __call__ method defined

I'm quite new to this, so i'm not sure what you mean by "inheriting from object". I will go read up on it though. Meanwhile, if you happen to find out what exactly is wrong with my code, I will greatly appreciate some help.

Thank you so so much for all your help.

Regards,
Sam

Attached Files

	sms.txt (1.7 KB, 562 views)
	surveym.txt (6.3 KB, 381 views)

bvdet

In your for loop for survey in surveylist:, you are redefining the class object survey as an instance of survey. Change the name of the class definitioin to Survey (capitalized).

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class Survey(object):

Inheritance is a mechanism for creating a new class that builds on or modifies the behavior of an existing class. From Python 2.3 documentation:
"object( )

Return a new featureless object. object() is a base for all new style classes. It has the methods that are common to all instances of new style classes. New in version 2.2.
Changed in version 2.3: This function does not accept any arguments. Formerly, it accepted arguments but ignored them."

boxfish

Do what bvdet says; replace the line where you declare the survey class

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class survey:

with

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class survey(object):

so that the survey class inherits all the usual methods from the object class. Newer versions of Python will give you an error if you don't do this.

However, that is not the cause of your error. The problem is this line:

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for survey in surveylist:

You are using the name of the survey class as the loop variable. Once it goes through this loop, it will think that every occurrence of the name survey means the counter variable, not the class. Call it something else, like i or eachSurvey or aSurvey or mySurvey or oneSurvey, and that should fix the error.

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for oneSurvey in surveylist:

I hope this helps.

Edit:
Oops, bvdet got here first.

bvdet

Good post boxfish. I think yueying53 will get the message as well as a good explanation. :)

boxfish

Thanks, bvdet. By the way, you're getting close to 1337 posts.

bvdet

@boxfish
Ok, I'll take the bait. What is the significance of 1337 posts?

-BV

boxfish

It's cool to be 1337. Does this thread make it any clearer?

bvdet

Makes perfect sense now.

-BV

yueying53

Hi,

Thanks to the both of you for your explanations and help. I tried putting 'object' in like what you suggested. However, I've got this error:

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 Traceback (innermost last):

  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 298, in RunScript

    debugger.run(codeObject, __main__.__dict__, start_stepping=0)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\__init__.py", line 60, in run

    _GetCurrentDebugger().run(cmd, globals,locals, start_stepping)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\debugger.py", line 582, in run

    _doexec(cmd, globals, locals)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\debugger.py", line 924, in _doexec

    exec cmd in globals, locals

  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Samantha Lim\Desktop\surveym.py", line 7, in ?

    class Survey(object):

NameError: object

What does this mean? Btw, I'm using python that is built into a Telit GSM modem. They call it pythonWin. It has been giving some very different results from the original python. I wonder if this is the reason for the error above?

Thanks in advance!

bvdet

Do this to check your Python version:

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 >>> import sys

>>> sys.version

'2.3.5 (#62, Feb  8 2005, 16:23:02) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)]'

>>>

object was new to Python 2.2. You can eliminate the inheritance from object since that was not the source of your original error.

yueying53

This was what my system returned: '1.5.2+ (#0, Oct 1 2004, 15:39:52) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)]'. I guess this version is just too old. =P

Anyway, I've solved the problem with my code (without the inheritance from object as u mentioned above) with the help from both you and boxfish. I've learnt a new thing about Python again. Thank you both so very much!

Regards,
Sam

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