python - TypeError: 'dict' object is not callable
docx, python, python-docx, typeerror
Solution
You assigned `replace` to a dictionary at the very top:
`replace = {"Test":"TEST"}`
So you cannot use the `replace()` method, because the word `replace` is now pointing to a dictionary - instead of what I suspect is some method from your library.
Rename your dictionary and it should work.
Problem
I am using the python library docx: http://github.com/mikemaccana/python-docx My goal is to open a file, replace certain words, then write the file with replacement. My current code: ``` #! /usr/bin/python from docx import * openDoc = "test.docx" writeDoc = "test2.docx" replace = {"Test":"TEST"} document = opendocx(openDoc) docbody = document.xpath('/w:document/w:body', namespaces=nsprefixes)[0] print getdocumenttext(document) for key in replace: if search(docbody, key): print "Found" , key , "replacing with" , replace[key] docbody = replace(docbody,key,replace[key]) print getdocumenttext(document) # ideally just want to mirror current document details here.. relationships = relationshiplist() coreprops = coreproperties(title='',subject='',creator='',keywords=[]) savedocx(document,coreprops,appproperties(),contenttypes(),websettings(),wordrelationships(relationships),'a.docx') ``` ` However I get the following error: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "process.py", line 17, in <module> docbody = replace(docbody,key,replace[key]) TypeError: 'dict' object is not callable ``` I have no idea why this is happening, but I think it has something to do with the docx module. Can anyone explain why this is happening? Thanks