My code works fine until I try putting it into a function. Once I define the function, indent the code, and call the function, I get the error message:
"Local variable 'print' referenced before assignment.
Why is that popping up when all I'm changing is putting it into a function? I never assign a variable 'print.' Please help!
I blocked out the token to access the server I am trying to reach for security.
def printSet():
for user in range (0,len(parsed_json['members'])-1):
userDict=parsed_json['members'][user]#Catches errors resulting from users not having all settings configured
try:
print("id: "+userDict["id"])
except KeyError:
print("No ID found")
try:
print("team id: "+userDict["team_id"])
except KeyError:
print("No team ID found")
try:
print("name: "+userDict["name"])
except KeyError:
print("No name found")
try:
print("real name: "+userDict["real_name"])
except KeyError:
print("No real name found")
userProf=userDict['profile']
try:
print("title: "+userProf["title"])
except KeyError:
print("No title found")
try:
print("real name: "+userProf["real_name"])
except KeyError:
print("No real name found")
try:
print("real name normalized: "+userProf["real_name_normalized"])
except KeyError:
print("No real name normalized found")
try:
print("display name: "+userProf["display_name"])
except KeyError:
print("No display name found")
try:
print("display name normalized: "+userProf["display_name_normalized"])
except KeyError:
print("No display name normalized found")
try:
print("email: "+userProf["email"])
except KeyError:
print:("No email found")
try:
print("first name: "+userProf["first_name"])
except KeyError:
print("No first name found")
try:
print("last name: "+userProf["last_name"])
except KeyError:
print("No last name found")
#To easily show when one member ends and another begins
print("----------------------------------")
printSet()
I never assign a variable 'print.'
Yes you do:
print:("No email found")
This is an annotated assignment statement, which annotates print with type "No email found", but assigns no value.
An annotated assignment always creates a local variable, even if you aren't assigning a value. From the docs:
If a name is annotated in a function scope, then this name is local for that scope.
In case you're wondering, empty annotated assignments are useful for cases like this:
n: int
if spam:
n = spam**2
else:
n = -1
This is the only way you could tell a static type checker like Mypy to verify that n ends up holding an int no matter which if branch you take.