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April 13th, 2004, 07:43 PM

casio99

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My list is empty.. help

How do i keep the values in a list throught the whole instance of the program. Mine list keeps on emptying because it gets reinitalized in the constructor.
i have a doc / view architecture using wxpython.

April 13th, 2004, 09:20 PM

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could you please post some code? atleast the offending parts?

April 13th, 2004, 10:37 PM

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Code:

#Boa:Doc:ThermoDoc

from wxPython.wx import *
import ThermoView
import time

def create():
    return ThermoDoc()

ID_Timer = wxNewId()


class ThermoDoc(wxEvtHandler):
    def __init__(self):
        wxEvtHandler.__init__(self)
        self.view = ThermoView.create(None, self)
        self.stop = True
        self.onTimer(None)
        self.days = ['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
        self.hour = ['00','01','02','03','04','05','06','07','08','09','10','11','12','13','14','16','17','18','19','20',  '21','22','23']
        self.today = -1
        self.now = -1
        self.value = -1
        self.item = []
        self.max = 59
        self.min = 0
        self.temp = 0
        self.maxt = 35
        self.mint = 10
        self.Timer = wxTimer(self, ID_Timer) 
        EVT_TIMER(self, ID_Timer, self.onTimer)
        self.Timer.Start(2000)

def loadItem(self):
        in_file = open("Temp.txt","r")
        self.i = 1
        while 1:
            in_line = in_file.readline()
            if len(in_line) == 0:
                break
            in_line = in_line[:-1]
            self.item.append(in_line)
            self.i = self.i+1
        in_file.close()
    
    def delItem(self,i):
        del self.item[i]
        self.addAllItems()
    
    def clearFile(self):
        out_file = open("Temp.txt","w")
        out_file.write('')
        out_file.close()
    
    def checkFile(self,i):
        in_file = open("Temp.txt","r")
        #self.i = 1
        i = i[:-2]
        while 1:
            
            in_line = in_file.readline()
            if len(in_line) == 0:
                break
            in_line2 = in_line[-3:]
            in_line = in_line[:-3]
            if i == in_line:
                return in_line2
            #self.i = self.i+1
        in_file.close()
        
    def countItem(self):
        return len(self.item)
    
    def getItem(self,i):
        return self.item[i]

#----------------------------------------------------------

#Boa:Frame:ThermoView

from wxPython.wx import *
from wxPython.lib.buttons import *
from time import *

def create(parent,doc):
    return ThermoView(parent,doc)


[wxID_THERMOVIEW, wxID_THERMOVIEWADDBUTTON, wxID_THERMOVIEWDELBUTTON, 
 wxID_THERMOVIEWLISTEDITCTRLS, wxID_THERMOVIEWMODESELECT, wxID_THERMOVIEWPROG, 
 wxID_THERMOVIEWRUN, wxID_THERMOVIEWSPINBUTTON, wxID_THERMOVIEWSPINBUTTON1, 
 wxID_THERMOVIEWTABBUTTON, wxID_THERMOVIEWTABLABEL, wxID_THERMOVIEWTEXTCTRL, 
] = map(lambda _init_ctrls: wxNewId(), range(12))

class ThermoView(wxFrame):


def OnSpinDown(self, event):
        n = self.field
        p = self.textCtrl.GetStringSelection()
       
        count = self.doc.countItem()
        if self.mode == 1:
             if self.i<count:
           
                self.textCtrl.SetValue(self.doc.getItem(self.i))
                self.i = self.i+1
        else:
            
            if self.field == 0:
                self.textCtrl.Replace(self.fieldLimits[2*n], self.fieldLimits[2*n+1],self.doc.decdays(p))
            if self.field == 1:
                self.textCtrl.Replace(self.fieldLimits[2*n], self.fieldLimits[2*n+1],self.doc.decHour(p))
            if self.field == 2:
                self.textCtrl.Replace(self.fieldLimits[2*n], self.fieldLimits[2*n+1],self.doc.decMin(p))
            if self.field == 3:
                self.textCtrl.Replace(self.fieldLimits[2*n], self.fieldLimits[2*n+1],self.doc.decTemp(p))
            self.showSelection()
            event.Skip()

these are only some of the functions in each class
It doesn't seem to matter which class i keep the list called item. it always gets reset.
when countItem is called in the view class it gives back an empty list

Last edited by netytan : April 13th, 2004 at 11:08 PM.

April 13th, 2004, 11:17 PM

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Which list are we talking about here, and can you give us some idea of whats going on. Of course if your creating new instances of your class then the list will not persist since the values are local to each instance, and not a global used by the class. This what you trying to do?

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April 14th, 2004, 03:30 AM

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As Netytan says - make your list a global list (declare it in the module outside of a function or class).

When you assign data to the the list from within a function or class method then you should use the global command to make sure python knows you a referring to an item declared in the global (module) namespace.

If you are just modifying the list contents using methods or indexing then you don't need the global command:

Code:

mylist = []

class aclass:
    def amethod(self):
        global mylist
        mylist= [1,2,3,4,"Hello World"]

def afunc():
    print mylist
    mylist.append("Added by afunc")


class bclass:
    def bmethod(self):
        mylist[0]= "modified by bclass.bmethod"



print mylist
a = aclass()
a.amethod()
print mylist
afunc()
print mylist
b = bclass()
b.bmethod()
print mylist

To understand more - read up on Namespaces and garbage collection.
Grim

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April 14th, 2004, 07:47 AM

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Alternatively you could define the list at class level, by defining it outside of any class methods. This will make the list common across all the instances of the class. You can then access the list through self.item or ThermoDoc.item.

For example:

Code:

>>> class Test:
... 	items = []
... 	def __init__(self, value):
... 		self.items.append(value)
... 	def add(self, value):
... 		self.items.append(value)
... 	def show(self):
... 		print self.items
... 		
>>> t1 = Test('foo')
>>> t1.show()
['foo']
>>> t2 = Test('bar')
>>> t1.show()
['foo', 'bar']
>>> t2.show()
['foo', 'bar']
>>> t2.add(23)
>>> t1.show()
['foo', 'bar', 23]
>>> Test.items
['foo', 'bar', 23]
>>>

When using class-level attributes you have to be careful about assigning to it, since it will create a new attribute bound to the instance and not change the class attribute. e.g.

Code:

>>> t1.items = []
>>> t1.show()
[]
>>> t2.show()
['foo', 'bar', 23]
>>> 
>>> Test.items
['foo', 'bar', 23]

Sometimes this is what you want - the class attribute holds a default value which can be overriden in specific instances.

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April 14th, 2004, 08:03 PM

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Thanks!

Thanks for the ideas! I will try the global variable.

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