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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 13:51:01 -0600
Subject: Re: Inconsistency with split() - Script, OS, or Package Problem?
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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[] =3D vsr
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> =A0File "render4.py", line 115, in <module>
> =A0 =A0create_report_index(each_item)
> =A0File "render4.py", line 26, in create_report_index
> =A0 =A0[clean_name, _] =3D 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.