String object has no attribute "append"

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2013-05-28 11:25 -0700
Message-ID	<8d8143e8-74f3-43a0-9a52-06b60e857984@googlegroups.com> (permalink)
Subject	String object has no attribute "append"
From	Matt Graves <tunacubes@gmail.com>

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I receive this error while toying around with Functions...

def pulldata(speclist,speccolumn):
    with open('profiles.csv', 'r') as f:
              reader = csv.reader(f)
              for column in reader:
                 (speclist).append(column[('speccolumn')])

pulldata(speclist = 'numbers', speccolumn = "0")


>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "C:\Desktop\Python\CFI\Devices V2\users.py", line 17, in <module>
>    pulldata(speclist = 'numbers', speccolumn = "0")
>  File "C:\Desktop\Python\CFI\Devices V2\users.py", line 16, in pulldata
>    (speclist).append(column[('speccolumn')])
>AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'append'

I'm getting the error because it should say "numbers.append", but it is reading it as "(speclist).append".

This is my first time playing with functions, so be gentle.

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String object has no attribute "append" Matt Graves <tunacubes@gmail.com> - 2013-05-28 11:25 -0700
  Re: String object has no attribute "append" "marduk@python.net" <marduk@python.net> - 2013-05-28 14:40 -0400
  Re: String object has no attribute "append" Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-05-28 12:41 -0600
  Re: String object has no attribute "append" Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-05-28 12:43 -0600
  Re: String object has no attribute "append" Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-29 17:54 +1000

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