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    I was unable to find what is wrong in the following code, The error msg is "object of type 'NoneType' has no len()"

     

    My Code ------>

    A=[31,22,14,15]
    
    def merge(list1,list2):
        output=[]
        i=0
        j=0
        length1=len(list1)
        length2=len(list2)
    
        while i<length1 or j<length2:
           
            if i<length1 and  j<length2:
                if list1[i] < list2[j]:
                    output +=[list1[i]]
                    i +=1
                else:
                    output +=[list2[j]]
                    j +=1
    
          
            elif i<length1:
                  output +=[list1[i]]
                  i +=1
                  
            else:
                    output +=[list2[j]]
                    j+=1
            
        
    def merge_sort(list1):
        if len(list1)<=1:
            return list1
        else:
            mid=int(len(list1)/2)
            left =list1[:mid]
            right=list1[mid:]
            sorted_left=merge_sort(left)
            sorted_right=merge_sort(right)
            return merge(sorted_left,sorted_right)
    
    
    def print_it(lista):
        merge_sort(lista)
        print "OutPut : ",output
        
        
    print_it(A)

     

 3 Answer(s)

  • The error is that merge() does not return anything (returns implicitly None), but its return value is returned by merge_sort(). Hence, checking the length of a None.

    Also, print_it() uses print output, but output is not initialized in the scope of the function.
  • Hi, the code you were using is correct, only the issue is of "indentation error" which comes because of IDE you were using, I am using pycharm IDE. You can use this code:
    A=[31,22,14,15]
    def merge(list1,list2):
        output=[]
        i=0
        j=0
        length1=len(list1)
        length2=len(list2)
        while i<length1 or j<length2:
           
            if i<length1 and  j<length2:
                if list1[i] < list2[j]:
                    output +=[list1[i]]
                    i +=1
                else:
                    output +=[list2[j]]
                    j +=1
          
            elif i<length1:
                  output +=[list1[i]]
                  i +=1
                  
            else:
                    output +=[list2[j]]
                    j+=1
            
        
    def merge_sort(list1):
        if len(list1)<=1:
            return list1
        else:
            mid=int(len(list1)/2)
            left =list1[:mid]
            right=list1[mid:]
            sorted_left=merge_sort(left)
            sorted_right=merge_sort(right)
            return merge(sorted_left,sorted_right)
    def print_it(lista):
        merge_sort(lista)
        print "OutPut : ",output
        
        
    print_it(A)
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