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On 07/27/2013 09:35 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 07/27/2013 09:19 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
>>
>
>     <SNIP>
>
>> About the aliases, I have tried setting pwd() as an alias for
>> "os.getcwd()", but I cannot type "pwd()" and get the desired output.
>> Instead, I must type "pwd". I tested this in Guake running Python3.3.
>>
>>  >>> os.getcwd()
>> '/home/collier'
>>  >>> pwd = os.getcwd()
>>  >>> pwd()
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
>>  >>> pwd
>> '/home/collier'
>>  >>> pwd() = os.getcwd()
>>    File "<stdin>", line 1
>> SyntaxError: can't assign to function call
>>
>>
>> How could I make pwd() work?
>
> Don't call getcwd() when making the alias.  You want it to be called 
> when USING the alias.
>
> pwd = os.getcwd    #creates the alias
>
> pwd()     #runs the alias
>
>
>
Thanks! It works!

 >>> pwd = os.getcwd
 >>> pwd()
'/home/collier'


Mahalo, Dave!


DCJ