Question

why cant i put this tuple in my function? I'm confused
def subStringMatchExact(target, key):
match = ()
for index in range(0, len(target) -1):
match += (index,)

Answer 1

My understanding is that you can not append a tuple, BUT you can overwrite the tuple entirely. So you could use:

match = match[:] + (index,)

That worked for me.

Also, I don't think you should be using a range that goes up to len(target)-1. What if your key is one character, or even two characters, long?

Answer 2

if you want a tuple with those values in it you could do this:

match = range(len(target)-1)
match = tuple(match)

the range function returns a list, then turn it into a tuple

Answer 3

im still confused because this one works:

x = 10
divisors = ()
for i in range(1, x):
if x%i == 0:
divisors = divisors + (i,)

and mine doesnt work even though they look exactly the same except mine is in a function...

Answer 4

Hey I think your code should run without a hitch. I even ran your code(along with a return statement) on IDLE. The code returns all but the last of the indices of target.

Answer 5

but i dont see any results from the tuple when i enter strings in the parameters the shell just gives me another <<< blank line with no tuple printed, (i have a print statement on there now btw)

Answer 6

The attached file is the code that I used (which seems to work).
Check it out.

Answer 7

i also tried your code and it works, here is what i got in idle
one function returns match, the next prints match as it is being made:
http://dpaste.com/553417/

you won't see anything in idle unless you return something from the function