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Re: Odd ValueError using float

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From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject Re: Odd ValueError using float
Date Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:33:20 -0700
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emile <emile@fenx.com> writes:
> *** NameError: name 'val' is not defined
> (Pdb) l
> 139         try:
> 140             val = round(float(decval),1)
> 141         except:
> 142             import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

If 'float' or 'round' throw an exception, the assignment to 'val' never
happens, so 'val' is undefined.  Try examining the value of 'decval' in
the debugger to see what is making the conversion fail.

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Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-13 15:10 -0700
  Re: Odd ValueError using float Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-13 19:33 -0700
    Re: Odd ValueError using float Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-14 14:09 +1100
    Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-14 08:28 -0700
    Re: Odd ValueError using float Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-15 02:52 +1100
    Re: Odd ValueError using float Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-03-14 17:08 +0100
    Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-14 10:08 -0700
    Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-14 10:17 -0700
    Re: Odd ValueError using float Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-03-14 19:24 +0100
    Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-14 13:01 -0700
    Re: Odd ValueError using float Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-03-15 15:01 +0100
    Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-17 13:48 -0700

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