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<DIV>Hi all,</DIV>
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<DIV>I have written some data to a file with the following code. I have copied
the OUTPUT hereunder.</DIV>
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<DIV>xdisp=open('ansys_xdisp.dat','w')<BR>xdisp.writelines("time")<BR>xdisp.writelines('
')<BR>xdisp.writelines("xdisp")<BR>xval_new = 0<BR>time_structure =
0.005<BR>xdisp.writelines('\n')<BR>xdisp.writelines(str(time_structure))<BR>xdisp.writelines('
')<BR>xdisp.writelines(str(xval_new))<BR>xdisp.writelines(' ')</DIV>
<DIV>xdisp.close()</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>OUTPUT (in file ansys_xdisp.dat):</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>time xdisp<BR>0.005 0<BR></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>However, I would like to write more efficient code and format the
output properly so that it looks something like this:</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>time
xdisp</DIV>
<DIV>0.005
0</DIV>
<DIV>0.006 0.345</DIV>
<DIV>..</DIV>
<DIV>...</DIV>
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<DIV>Would someone please help me re-write this code properly to do the above
and also point me to a reference wherein I could find all information about
Formatting with Files. </DIV>
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<DIV>I did browse through Python's website to get some info about manipulating
files. It's not elaborate enough, though. I would need to do more complex
file-processing tasks shortly. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks in advance</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Satish<BR></DIV>
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