text file reformatting

[Braden Faulkner]

Sorry to clarify, I was having issues getting this to work. I'm relatively new to Python. Sorry for the miscommunication.

> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:13:42 -0500
> From: python.list at tim.thechases.com
> To: bradenf at hotmail.com
> CC: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: text file reformatting
> 
> On 10/31/10 14:52, Braden Faulkner wrote:
> >>     import csv
> >>     f = file('def.csv', 'rb')
> >>     f.next() # discard the header row
> >>     r = csv.reader(f, delimiter=';')
> >>     fields = [
> >>       (varname, slice(int(start), int(start)+int(size)), width)
> >>       for varname, start, size, width
> >>       in r
> >>       ]
> >>     f.close()
> >>     out = file('out.txt', 'w')
> >>     try:
> >>       for row in file('data.txt'):
> >>         for varname, slc, width in fields:
> >>           out.write(row[slc].ljust(width))
> >>         out.write('\n')
> >>     finally:
> >>       out.close()
> >
> > I also am having issues with this.
> 
> [top-posting fixed -- it's generally frowned upon in this 
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> 
> Are your issues with my code, or with the topic at hand?  If it's 
> my code, note my comment about it being untested.  If it's the 
> topic at hand, I recommend trying my code (or a variation 
> there-of after you've tested it).
> 
> -tkc
> 
> 
 		 	   		  
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