classes causing problems

I'm pretty new to progranmming and I'm trying my first use of classes in Python. The thing is that they don't seem to work.
Here's how I defined it:

class search (self, value):
def sub_search (self, value):
self.value = value
#rest of function here
searchit=search

then when I called it:

if structureorsmiles == SMILES:
searchit.sub_search(SMI)
else:
searchit.sub_search(struc_smi)

SMI and struc_smi are both defined,
I don't get any errors generated, it just doesn't do anything, almost like the call of the class doesn't work. If anyone can see an obvious fault, please help

Thanks

What are you trying to do? In the code you post nothing is printed to the screen, so it's right nothing gets printed.

Anyway, there's something wrong with your class definition:

class search(self, value):

Anything you put between these parentheses are the classes you want to inherit from. I don't think that's what you want here, You probably want something like this:


You know, you should really try reading a good beginners book on CS and Python. I'd recommend this one:

How to think like a computer scientist: Learning with Python

Also, try putting your code within [ code][ /code] blocks(omit the spaces).