Reading data from file: x(i),y(i) form

[Mike C. Fletcher]

Satish Chimakurthi wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> I have data of the following form in a file called "fluid_grid.dat"
>  
>   1.00000000000000        0.00000000000000D+000
>   0.959753969508636       0.280842158538236

...

> ifile4=open('fluid_grid.dat','r')
> lines=ifile4.readlines( )
> x=[ ]
> y=[ ]
> i=1
> for line in lines:
>         x[i],y[i]=map(float,line.replace('D','E').split( ))
>         i=i+1
>         if i==7:
>            break
>  
> I get the following error:
>  
> x[i],y[i]=map(float,line.replace('D','E').split( ))
> Index Error: list index out of range

You've most likely got a trailing \n\n at the end of the file (or even 
in the middle), so you get a NULL line.  Simply do something like this:

import traceback
...
  

for line in ifile4:
    line = line.strip().replace( 'D', 'E' )
    if line:
	values = line.split()
	if len(values) == 2:
	    x.append( values[0] )
	    y.append( values[1] )
	else:
	    print 'BAD LINE', repr(line)
  

and you should be able to see what the offending line looks like.

HTH,
Mike
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