Python list problems
 

Newby alert! - I'm new to Python

Why does this program do the following:

list-test.py

def reset_list(list):
list = []
for i in range(0,9):
list.append('')
return list

def put_in_list(i):
list[i] = i
return

reset_list(list)

for i in range(1,5):
put_in_list(i)

c:\python27\dev>python list-test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "list-test.py", line 14, in <module>
put_in_list(i)
File "list-test.py", line 8, in put_in_list
list[i] = i
TypeError: 'type' object does not support item assignment

This is pretty messy, please indent the code so we can see whats going on.

Your list you use in the first method is only local to that method I think?
This should work.

def reset_list(list):
for i in range(0,9):
list.append('')
return list

def put_in_list(i):
list[i] = i
return

list = []
reset_list(list)

for i in range(1,5):
put_in_list(i)

Hmm, mine isnt indented either sorry, how do you indent?