Error - list index out of range

[Einat]

Hi all,

I'm just starting my way into Python and I'm trying to use a while loop with lists but keep getting the list index out of range error.
(Please ignore any other foolish mistakes I might find later on J):

  DBReportsArray = [6000,5000,4000,3000,2000,1000,100]         
  curNum = 0 
  RepInDB = tssh.command ("ls -l /something | wc -l")[0] ##something to get a result by ssh
  RepInDB = [y.replace("\n","") for y in RepInDB] ##replaces a non-good format
  RepInDB = RepInDB[0]
  print RepInDB ##I got 351
  print self.DBReportsArray[curNum] 
  while self.DBReportsArray[curNum] <= RepInDB: 
     curNum+=1
  RepToChange = RepInDB-self.DBReportsArray[self.curNum]
  print RepToChange

Thanks in advance,
Einat

[bvdet]

Einat,

Either RepInDb is an empty list, or the value of curNum is equal to or exceeds the length of the list self.DBReportsA rray as in:

[I]>>> [][0]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
IndexError: list index out of range
>>> alist = [0,1,2,3,4,5]
>>> alist[0]
[I]0[/I]
>>> alist[5]
5
>>> alist[6]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
IndexError: list index out of range
>>> [/I]

[Einat]

workaround

Appreciate your reply.

I tried verifying the content of RepInDb and curNum and both were in order.
Anyway I converted the "while" loop to a "for" loop and now it works:

DBReportsArray = [6000,5000,4000,3000,2000,1000,100]         
curNum = 0 
RepInDB = tssh.command ("ls -l /something | wc -l")[0] ##something to get a result by ssh
RepInDB = [y.replace("\n","") for y in RepInDB] ##replaces a non-good format
RepInDB = RepInDB[0]
print RepInDB
for num in range(len(self.DBReportsArray)):
    if self.DBReportsArray[num] <= RepInDB:
       break
    return num,RepInDB

Thanks again,
E