[Tutor] Append function

[Danny Yoo]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, kumar s wrote:

> I have a bunch of files where the first column is always the same. I
> want to collect all those files, extract the second columns by file wise
> and write the first column, followed by the other columns(extracted from
> files) next to each other.


Hi Kumar,


Can you show us an example of what you mean?

I think you're looking for something takes a list of line elements, like

###
lines = """
1	Alpha
1	Beta
1	Gamma
1	Delta
1	Epsilon
""".split('\n')
###

and combines input lines with the same first column into something like
this:

###
1	Alpha|Beta|Gamma|Delta|Epsilon
###


But I'm not positive if something like this is what you're trying to do.
You mentioned multiple files: can you show us a small, simple example with
two files?


An example like this will help clarify the problem, and help us know if
we're really answering your question.


Best of wishes to you!