Question

Why, oh why, won't my little script populate my list? Is my syntax wrong? I have tried and failed with line 10 being:
if target[x:len(key)] is key:
and
if target[x:len(key)] i== key:
Any advice would be appreciated.

http://codepad.org/777hg4Uk

Answer 1

http://codepad.org/dU6t28iQ

I made two changes and it worked:

1. Your 'if' branch on line 10 needs an x +=1, or else it won't move through the target after finding it's first match.

2. line 10 should read:

if target[x:len(key)+x]. . . .

since len(key) is constant, or else you end up with target[4:1], if x = 4, for example.

Answer 2

hmmm the link I pasted did put my file up. But those were the changes I made.

Answer 3

Eureka! Thanks.