Re: Inconsistency with split() - Script, OS, or Package Problem?

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From	Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date	2011-05-09 13:51 -0600
Subject	Re: Inconsistency with split() - Script, OS, or Package Problem?
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 1:29 PM, James Wright <jamfwright@gmail.com> wrote:
> It does not appear to show a key:
>
> D4[] = vsr
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "render4.py", line 115, in <module>
>    create_report_index(each_item)
>  File "render4.py", line 26, in create_report_index
>    [clean_name, _] = each_value.split('_', 1)
> ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

The key appears to be the empty string.  You can confirm that by
changing the %s to %r in Ethan's diagnostic.  That will print out the
repr() of the value, which should make it more clear what the value
actually is.

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Re: Inconsistency with split() - Script, OS, or Package Problem? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 13:51 -0600

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