Python Guru needed
Jim
mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jan 7 23:06:44 UTC 2009
Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>
>> FC 10/KDE
>>
>> I'm trying to set a simple Alarm Clock in FC10 and I have a Python
>> script I picked up, but I have error, running the script.
>> Can you explain to me with # comments on each line how to make this work.
>>
>> import time
>> import os
>>
>> not_executed = 1
>>
>> while(not_executed):
>> dt = list(time.localtime(time.time())
>> hour = dt[3]
>> minute = dt[4]
>> if hour == 5 and minute == 45:
>> os.popen2("open /Users/jun/shout.mp3")
>> not_executed = 0
>>
>>
>> Error Message;
>>
>> $ python AlarmClock
>> File "AlarmClock", line 7
>> dt = list(time.localtime(time.time())
>> ^
>> IndentationError: expected an indented block
>>
>
> It's because of Python's always charming significant whitespace. I.E.
> Python uses indenting instead of braces, making problems like this
> extremely common. (No sane language even has "IndentationErrors". Also,
> you were missing a paren, but that's not what caused the error above.
>
> A correct version is attached. Hopefully it will not get mangled by
> your client.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
I ran yo
$ python times.py
Welcome to the talking alarm clock
This program is public domain
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "times.py", line 1, in <module>
import time
File "/home/mickey/time.py", line 8, in <module>
t = time.localtime(time.time())
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'localtime'
Python is having problems of execute this line.
t = time.localtime(time.time())
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