read in a list in a file to list
breamoreboy at gmail.com
breamoreboy at gmail.com
Sat Apr 8 16:21:08 EDT 2017
On Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 7:32:52 PM UTC+1, john polo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using Python 3.6 on Windows 7.
>
> I have a file called apefile.txt. apefile.txt's contents are:
>
> apes = "Home sapiens", "Pan troglodytes", "Gorilla gorilla"
>
> I have a script:
>
> apefile = open("apefile.txt")
> apelist = apefile.read()
> for ape in apelist:
> print("one of the apes is " + ape)
> apefile.close()
>
> The output from the script does not print the ape names, instead it
> prints each letter in the file. For example:
>
> one of the apes is a
> one of the apes is p
> one of the apes is e
>
> What should I do instead to get something like
>
> one of the apes is Home sapiens
> one of the apes is Pan troglodytes
> one of the apes is Gorilla gorilla
>
> John
I'll start you off.
with open("apefile.txt") as apefile:
for line in apefile:
doSomething(line)
String methods and/or the csv module might be used here in doSomething(line), but I'll leave that to you so that you can learn. If you get stuck please ask again, we don't bite :)
Kindest regards.
Mark Lawrence.
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