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I have some code like:
def example(parameter):
global str
str = str(parameter)
print(str)
example(1)
example(2)
The first call to example works, but then the second time around I get an error like:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 7, in <module>
example(2)
File "test.py", line 3, in example
str = str(parameter)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
Why does this happen, and how can I fix it?
If you are in an interactive session and encountered a problem like this, and you want to fix the problem without restarting the interpreter, see How to restore a builtin that I overwrote by accident?.
Where the code says:
global str
str = str(parameter)
You are redefining what str() means. str is the built-in Python name of the string type, and you don't want to change it.
Use a different name for the local variable, and remove the global statement.
Note that if you used code like this at the Python REPL, then the assignment to the global str will persist until you do something about it. You can restart the interpreter, or del str. The latter works because str is not actually a defined global variable by default - instead, it's normally found in a fallback (the builtins standard library module, which is specially imported at startup and given the global name __builtins__).
While not in your code, another hard-to-spot error is when the % character is missing in an attempt of string formatting:
"foo %s bar %s coffee"("blah","asdf")
but it should be:
"foo %s bar %s coffee"%("blah","asdf")
The missing % would result in the same TypeError: 'str' object is not callable.
In my case I had a class that had a method and a string property of the same name, I was trying to call the method but was getting the string property.
Note that TypeError: 'str' object is not callable means only that there is an attempt to call (i.e., use function-call syntax) a string (i.e., any name that previously had a string assigned to it). Using any other built-in method as variable name can cause the exact same error message.
You can get this error if you have variable str and trying to call str() function.
Whenever that happens, just issue the following ( it was also posted above)
>>> del str
That should fix it.
Another case of this: Messing with the __repr__ function of an object where a format() call fails non-transparently.
In our case, we used a #property decorator on the __repr__ and passed that object to a format(). The #property decorator causes the __repr__ object to be turned into a string, which then results in the str object is not callable error.
Check your input parameters, and make sure you don't have one named type. If so then you will have a clash and get this error.
str = 'Hello World String'
print(str(10)+' Good day!!')
Even I faced this issue with the above code as we are shadowing str() function.
Solution is:
string1 = 'Hello World String'
print(str(10)+' Good day!!')
I had the same error. In my case wasn't because of a variable named str. But because I named a function with a str parameter and the variable the same.
same_name = same_name(var_name: str)
I run it in a loop. The first time it run ok. The second time I got this error. Renaming the variable to a name different from the function name fixed this. So I think it's because Python once associate a function name in a scope, the second time tries to associate the left part (same_name =) as a call to the function and detects that the str parameter is not present, so it's missing, then it throws that error.
This error can also occur as a result of trying to call a property (as though it were a function):
class Example:
#property
def value():
return 'test'
e = Example()
print(e.value()) # should just be `e.value` to get the string
This problem can be caused by code like:
"Foo" ("Bar" if bar else "Baz")
You can concatenate string literals by putting them next to each other, like "Foo" "Bar". However, because of the open parenthesis, the code was interpreted as an attempt to call the string "Foo" as if it were a function.
it could be also you are trying to index in the wrong way:
a = 'apple'
a(3) ===> 'str' object is not callable
a[3] = l
it is recommended not to use str int list etc.. as variable names, even though python will allow it.
this is because it might create such accidents when trying to access reserved keywords that are named the same
This error could also occur with code like:
class Shape:
def __init__(self, colour):
self.colour = colour
def colour(self):
print("colour:", self.colour)
myShape = Shape("pink")
myShape.colour()
In the __init__ method, we assign an attribute colour, which has the same name as the method colour. When we later attempt to call the method, the instance's attribute is looked up instead. myShape.colour is the string "pink", which is not callable.
To fix this, change either the method name or the variable name.
I also got this error.
For me it was just a typo:
I wrote:
driver.find_element_by_id("swal2-content").text()
while it should have been:
driver.find_element_by_id("swal2-content").text
In my case, I had a Class with a method in it. The method did not have 'self' as the first parameter and the error was being thrown when I made a call to the method. Once I added 'self,' to the method's parameter list, it was fine.
FWIW I just hit this on a slightly different use case. I scoured and scoured my code looking for where I might've used a 'str' variable, but could not find it. I started to suspect that maybe one of the modules I imported was the culprit... but alas, it was a missing '%' character in a formatted print statement.
Here's an example:
x=5
y=6
print("x as a string is: %s. y as a string is: %s" (str(x) , str(y)) )
This will result in the output:
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
The correction is:
x=5
y=6
print("x as a string is: %s. y as a string is: %s" % (str(x) , str(y)) )
Resulting in our expected output:
x as a string is: 5. y as a string is: 6
It also give same error if math library not imported,
import math
I realize this is not a runtime warning, but PyCharm gave me this similarly-worded IDE warning:
if hasattr(w, 'to_json'):
return w.to_json()
# warning, 'str' object is not callable
This was because the IDE assumed w.to_json was a string. The solution was to add a callable() check:
if hasattr(w, 'to_json') and callable(w.to_json):
return w.to_json()
Then the warning went away. This same check may also prevent the runtime exception in the original question.
I have some code like:
def example(parameter):
global str
str = str(parameter)
print(str)
example(1)
example(2)
The first call to example works, but then the second time around I get an error like:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 7, in <module>
example(2)
File "test.py", line 3, in example
str = str(parameter)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
Why does this happen, and how can I fix it?
If you are in an interactive session and encountered a problem like this, and you want to fix the problem without restarting the interpreter, see How to restore a builtin that I overwrote by accident?.
Where the code says:
global str
str = str(parameter)
You are redefining what str() means. str is the built-in Python name of the string type, and you don't want to change it.
Use a different name for the local variable, and remove the global statement.
Note that if you used code like this at the Python REPL, then the assignment to the global str will persist until you do something about it. You can restart the interpreter, or del str. The latter works because str is not actually a defined global variable by default - instead, it's normally found in a fallback (the builtins standard library module, which is specially imported at startup and given the global name __builtins__).
While not in your code, another hard-to-spot error is when the % character is missing in an attempt of string formatting:
"foo %s bar %s coffee"("blah","asdf")
but it should be:
"foo %s bar %s coffee"%("blah","asdf")
The missing % would result in the same TypeError: 'str' object is not callable.
In my case I had a class that had a method and a string property of the same name, I was trying to call the method but was getting the string property.
Note that TypeError: 'str' object is not callable means only that there is an attempt to call (i.e., use function-call syntax) a string (i.e., any name that previously had a string assigned to it). Using any other built-in method as variable name can cause the exact same error message.
You can get this error if you have variable str and trying to call str() function.
Whenever that happens, just issue the following ( it was also posted above)
>>> del str
That should fix it.
Another case of this: Messing with the __repr__ function of an object where a format() call fails non-transparently.
In our case, we used a #property decorator on the __repr__ and passed that object to a format(). The #property decorator causes the __repr__ object to be turned into a string, which then results in the str object is not callable error.
Check your input parameters, and make sure you don't have one named type. If so then you will have a clash and get this error.
str = 'Hello World String'
print(str(10)+' Good day!!')
Even I faced this issue with the above code as we are shadowing str() function.
Solution is:
string1 = 'Hello World String'
print(str(10)+' Good day!!')
I had the same error. In my case wasn't because of a variable named str. But because I named a function with a str parameter and the variable the same.
same_name = same_name(var_name: str)
I run it in a loop. The first time it run ok. The second time I got this error. Renaming the variable to a name different from the function name fixed this. So I think it's because Python once associate a function name in a scope, the second time tries to associate the left part (same_name =) as a call to the function and detects that the str parameter is not present, so it's missing, then it throws that error.
This error can also occur as a result of trying to call a property (as though it were a function):
class Example:
#property
def value():
return 'test'
e = Example()
print(e.value()) # should just be `e.value` to get the string
This problem can be caused by code like:
"Foo" ("Bar" if bar else "Baz")
You can concatenate string literals by putting them next to each other, like "Foo" "Bar". However, because of the open parenthesis, the code was interpreted as an attempt to call the string "Foo" as if it were a function.
it could be also you are trying to index in the wrong way:
a = 'apple'
a(3) ===> 'str' object is not callable
a[3] = l
it is recommended not to use str int list etc.. as variable names, even though python will allow it.
this is because it might create such accidents when trying to access reserved keywords that are named the same
This error could also occur with code like:
class Shape:
def __init__(self, colour):
self.colour = colour
def colour(self):
print("colour:", self.colour)
myShape = Shape("pink")
myShape.colour()
In the __init__ method, we assign an attribute colour, which has the same name as the method colour. When we later attempt to call the method, the instance's attribute is looked up instead. myShape.colour is the string "pink", which is not callable.
To fix this, change either the method name or the variable name.
I also got this error.
For me it was just a typo:
I wrote:
driver.find_element_by_id("swal2-content").text()
while it should have been:
driver.find_element_by_id("swal2-content").text
In my case, I had a Class with a method in it. The method did not have 'self' as the first parameter and the error was being thrown when I made a call to the method. Once I added 'self,' to the method's parameter list, it was fine.
FWIW I just hit this on a slightly different use case. I scoured and scoured my code looking for where I might've used a 'str' variable, but could not find it. I started to suspect that maybe one of the modules I imported was the culprit... but alas, it was a missing '%' character in a formatted print statement.
Here's an example:
x=5
y=6
print("x as a string is: %s. y as a string is: %s" (str(x) , str(y)) )
This will result in the output:
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
The correction is:
x=5
y=6
print("x as a string is: %s. y as a string is: %s" % (str(x) , str(y)) )
Resulting in our expected output:
x as a string is: 5. y as a string is: 6
It also give same error if math library not imported,
import math
I realize this is not a runtime warning, but PyCharm gave me this similarly-worded IDE warning:
if hasattr(w, 'to_json'):
return w.to_json()
# warning, 'str' object is not callable
This was because the IDE assumed w.to_json was a string. The solution was to add a callable() check:
if hasattr(w, 'to_json') and callable(w.to_json):
return w.to_json()
Then the warning went away. This same check may also prevent the runtime exception in the original question.
Whenever I run the code, python comes up with the error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ""/Users/jim/Desktop/Python/TextWindow.py", line 7, in module
Read(name)
NameError: name 'name' is not defined
def Writeline(string):
print(string)
def Read(name):
name = input()
Read(name)
Writeline(name)
I am assuming that you want Read to read in a string that you will then pass to Writeline. In that case, Read has to return a value. Python strings are immutable, so you have to return the string you read to access it outside the function:
def Writeline(string):
print(string)
def Read():
return input()
name = Read()
Writeline(name)
Edit
Keep in mind that input() does different things in Pythons 2 and 3. In Python 3, it does what you appear to want. In Python 2 raw_input() is the function that reads in input. input() will attempt to evaluate anything you type as a line of Python code.
First, go through the link that #Erica provided as a comment.
There's a few things going wrong here.
You haven't actually defined the variable "name" on a scope that is able to be used.
You are passing in name to function Read(), when you probably don't want to pass in any variable to begin with.
I think you want raw_input(), not input() (This only applies to python 2.x, as I did not see the 3.x tag)
What you need to do is assign the variable "name" to be the return of the Read() function.
Such as the following:
def WriteLine(s):
print(s)
def Read():
r = raw_input()
return r
name = Read()
WriteLine(name)
I am trying to call a method from a string in python. However, I need that method to print the return of that method. I am currently using
print (getattr(object, x)
where x is the string and object is the modudle/class.
However it is not printing the return statement for some reason, is this not possible with getattr?
I think you need
print ( getattr(getCommand, x)() )
getattr gets you the method, but it doesn't call it. That's done by the additional ()
Also, you have an unclosed open bracket in your code.
I have some code like:
def example(parameter):
global str
str = str(parameter)
print(str)
example(1)
example(2)
The first call to example works, but then the second time around I get an error like:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 7, in <module>
example(2)
File "test.py", line 3, in example
str = str(parameter)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
Why does this happen, and how can I fix it?
If you are in an interactive session and encountered a problem like this, and you want to fix the problem without restarting the interpreter, see How to restore a builtin that I overwrote by accident?.
Where the code says:
global str
str = str(parameter)
You are redefining what str() means. str is the built-in Python name of the string type, and you don't want to change it.
Use a different name for the local variable, and remove the global statement.
Note that if you used code like this at the Python REPL, then the assignment to the global str will persist until you do something about it. You can restart the interpreter, or del str. The latter works because str is not actually a defined global variable by default - instead, it's normally found in a fallback (the builtins standard library module, which is specially imported at startup and given the global name __builtins__).
While not in your code, another hard-to-spot error is when the % character is missing in an attempt of string formatting:
"foo %s bar %s coffee"("blah","asdf")
but it should be:
"foo %s bar %s coffee"%("blah","asdf")
The missing % would result in the same TypeError: 'str' object is not callable.
In my case I had a class that had a method and a string property of the same name, I was trying to call the method but was getting the string property.
Note that TypeError: 'str' object is not callable means only that there is an attempt to call (i.e., use function-call syntax) a string (i.e., any name that previously had a string assigned to it). Using any other built-in method as variable name can cause the exact same error message.
You can get this error if you have variable str and trying to call str() function.
Whenever that happens, just issue the following ( it was also posted above)
>>> del str
That should fix it.
Another case of this: Messing with the __repr__ function of an object where a format() call fails non-transparently.
In our case, we used a #property decorator on the __repr__ and passed that object to a format(). The #property decorator causes the __repr__ object to be turned into a string, which then results in the str object is not callable error.
Check your input parameters, and make sure you don't have one named type. If so then you will have a clash and get this error.
str = 'Hello World String'
print(str(10)+' Good day!!')
Even I faced this issue with the above code as we are shadowing str() function.
Solution is:
string1 = 'Hello World String'
print(str(10)+' Good day!!')
I had the same error. In my case wasn't because of a variable named str. But because I named a function with a str parameter and the variable the same.
same_name = same_name(var_name: str)
I run it in a loop. The first time it run ok. The second time I got this error. Renaming the variable to a name different from the function name fixed this. So I think it's because Python once associate a function name in a scope, the second time tries to associate the left part (same_name =) as a call to the function and detects that the str parameter is not present, so it's missing, then it throws that error.
This error can also occur as a result of trying to call a property (as though it were a function):
class Example:
#property
def value():
return 'test'
e = Example()
print(e.value()) # should just be `e.value` to get the string
This problem can be caused by code like:
"Foo" ("Bar" if bar else "Baz")
You can concatenate string literals by putting them next to each other, like "Foo" "Bar". However, because of the open parenthesis, the code was interpreted as an attempt to call the string "Foo" as if it were a function.
it could be also you are trying to index in the wrong way:
a = 'apple'
a(3) ===> 'str' object is not callable
a[3] = l
it is recommended not to use str int list etc.. as variable names, even though python will allow it.
this is because it might create such accidents when trying to access reserved keywords that are named the same
This error could also occur with code like:
class Shape:
def __init__(self, colour):
self.colour = colour
def colour(self):
print("colour:", self.colour)
myShape = Shape("pink")
myShape.colour()
In the __init__ method, we assign an attribute colour, which has the same name as the method colour. When we later attempt to call the method, the instance's attribute is looked up instead. myShape.colour is the string "pink", which is not callable.
To fix this, change either the method name or the variable name.
I also got this error.
For me it was just a typo:
I wrote:
driver.find_element_by_id("swal2-content").text()
while it should have been:
driver.find_element_by_id("swal2-content").text
In my case, I had a Class with a method in it. The method did not have 'self' as the first parameter and the error was being thrown when I made a call to the method. Once I added 'self,' to the method's parameter list, it was fine.
FWIW I just hit this on a slightly different use case. I scoured and scoured my code looking for where I might've used a 'str' variable, but could not find it. I started to suspect that maybe one of the modules I imported was the culprit... but alas, it was a missing '%' character in a formatted print statement.
Here's an example:
x=5
y=6
print("x as a string is: %s. y as a string is: %s" (str(x) , str(y)) )
This will result in the output:
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
The correction is:
x=5
y=6
print("x as a string is: %s. y as a string is: %s" % (str(x) , str(y)) )
Resulting in our expected output:
x as a string is: 5. y as a string is: 6
It also give same error if math library not imported,
import math
I realize this is not a runtime warning, but PyCharm gave me this similarly-worded IDE warning:
if hasattr(w, 'to_json'):
return w.to_json()
# warning, 'str' object is not callable
This was because the IDE assumed w.to_json was a string. The solution was to add a callable() check:
if hasattr(w, 'to_json') and callable(w.to_json):
return w.to_json()
Then the warning went away. This same check may also prevent the runtime exception in the original question.