python – main loop builtin_function_or_method object is not iterable

python – main loop builtin_function_or_method object is not iterable

Direct Answer

In the code here:

saveFile = open(saveFileLine,a)
sourceCode = urllib2.urlopen(urlToVisit).read()
splitSource = sourceCode.split

change sourceCode.split to sourceCode.split().

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If you want to know more about this error, read below:

When debugging, youd better remove the try…except block, especially an expect Exception block, which is so generic that you will get lost about what is going wrong.

When removed the try…except block and run these code again, you will get error info like this:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-5-c4fe20f718cd> in <module>()
     43 
     44 for eachStock in stocksToPull:
---> 45     pullData(eachStock)

<ipython-input-5-c4fe20f718cd> in pullData(stock)
     23     splitSource = sourceCode.split
     24 
---> 25     for eachLine in splitSource:
     26         splitLine = eachLine.split(,)
     27         if len(splitLine) ==6:

TypeError: builtin_function_or_method object is not iterable

The error message TypeError: builtin_function_or_method object is not iterable is associated with line 25, which means splitSource is a builtin_function_or_method and is not iterable.

What is splitSource? It is sourceCode.split. Here comes the answer. You should call a method by using (), without which you will get the method itself. The method str.split is obviously not iterable!

python – main loop builtin_function_or_method object is not iterable