AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'split'

[Peter Otten]

PathList= string.split(FullPath, "/") is generating the above error
message. when I run my script, but works just fine from the python
command line! What gives?

import string
string.split(1, "/")

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/string.py", line 121, in split
return s.split(sep, maxsplit)
AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'split'

string = None
string.split("abc/def", "/")

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'

Peter

[Richard Brodie]

PathList= string.split(FullPath, "/") is generating the above error
message. when I run my script, but works just fine from the python
command line! What gives?

Somehow you've bound the name "string" to a function e.g.
... return 'help'
...

string.split('1')

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'split'

Let that be a lesson to you to never use meaningful variable names ;)

[Earl]

PathList= string.split(FullPath, "/") is generating the above error
message. when I run my script, but works just fine from the python
command line! What gives?