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Error Message: Can't assign to Operator

Aug 17, 1999, 2:41 PM

Post #1 of 4 (5232 views)

I keep hitting this error message:
SyntaxError: can't assign to operator(line 3056)

Line 3056 is
meta-previous = string.join( the_ultimate_file_destination_is_this, string_record_id, suffix )

the_ultimate_file_destination_is_this, string_record_id and suffix
are all defined elsewhere.

Questions:

Why does that construct not work?
How can I fix this construction?

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jonathon

Error Message: Can't assign to Operator [ In reply to ]

hochberg at psn

Aug 17, 1999, 2:08 PM

Post #2 of 4 (5188 views)

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Jonathon wrote in message ...
>
> I keep hitting this error message:
> SyntaxError: can't assign to operator(line 3056)
>
> Line 3056 is
> meta-previous = string.join( the_ultimate_file_destination_is_this,
string_record_id, suffix )

The '-' character is not a legal part of an identifier. Try meta_previous or
something similar instead.

-tim

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kernr at mail

Aug 17, 1999, 2:58 PM

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[posted and e-mailed]

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:41:01 +0000 (UTC), Jonathon
<jblake@stamp-coin.com> wrote:
>
> I keep hitting this error message:
> SyntaxError: can't assign to operator(line 3056)
>
> Line 3056 is
> meta-previous = string.join( the_ultimate_file_destination_is_this, string_record_id, suffix )
^
There's your problem. You can't include a '-' in the middle of a
name. Change 'meta-previous' to something like 'meta_previous'.

[snip]

> jonathon

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arcege at shore

Aug 17, 1999, 3:33 PM

Post #4 of 4 (5187 views)

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Jonathon <jblake@stamp-coin.com> wrote:

: I keep hitting this error message:
: SyntaxError: can't assign to operator(line 3056)
:
: Line 3056 is
: meta-previous = string.join( the_ultimate_file_destination_is_this, string_record_id, suffix )
:
: the_ultimate_file_destination_is_this, string_record_id and suffix
: are all defined elsewhere.

: Questions:

: Why does that construct not work?
: How can I fix this construction?

It is probably because "meta-previous" is parsed as "meta" "-" "previous"
a subtraction expression. Change the minus ("-") to an underscore ("_")
and it should work better. I've done this. :)

-Arcege