[Baypiggies] Question about python read data table from a text file

[Alexandre Conrad]

Is that what you want?

>>> with open("data.txt") as f:
...     data = f.read().split()
...
>>> data
['19', '19', '20', '21', '22', '17', '18', '19', '20', '21', '22',
'23', '41', '42', '17', '18', '19', '20']

??

2011/4/5 Yiou Li <liyiou at gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a text file with numerical data, like this:
>
> data.txt
>
> 19  19  20  21  22  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  41  42  17  18  19  20
>  21  42  45  18  19  20  21  22  20  21  22  23  42  43  17  19  20
> 21  22  23  24  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  16  17  18  19  20  21
>  22  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  16  17  18  19  20  45  46  47  17
> 18  19  20  41  42  43  44  45  20  21  22  23  40  41  42  43  44  45
>  46  47  48  20  21  22  23  24  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48
> 17  18  19  ...
>
> Could you please refer me a python function to read this file into the
> memory as a data table?
>
> the readlines() won't work because I need to access index the number
> of ith row, jth column like x[i, j].
>
> Best,
> Leo
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