TypeError: 'int' object does not support item assignment

Question

Why do I get this error?

    a[k] = q % b
 TypeError: \'int\' object does not support item assignment

Code:

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Answer 1

You're passing an integer to your function as a. You then try to assign to it as: a[k] = ... but that doesn't work since a is a scalar...

It's the same thing as if you had tried:

50[42] = 7

That statement doesn't make much sense and python would yell at you the same way (presumably).

Also, ++k isn't doing what you think it does -- it's parsed as (+(+(k))) -- i.e. the bytcode is just UNARY_POSITIVE twice. What you actually want is something like k += 1

Finally, be careful with statements like:

q = q / b

The parenthesis you use with print imply that you want to use this on python3.x at some point. but, x/y behaves differently on python3.x than it does on python2.x. Looking at the algorithm, I'm guessing you want integer division (since you check q != 0 which would be hard to satisfy with floats). If that's the case, you should consider using:

q = q // b

which performs integer division on both python2.x and python3.x.