[Tutor] how to read from a txt file

[jrlen balane]

this is what i get after running this on IDLE:

import sys

data_file = open('C:/Documents and Settings/nyer/Desktop/nyer.txt', 'r')
data = data_file.readlines()

def process(list_of_lines):
    data_points = []
    for line in list_of_lines:
        try:
              tempLine = int(line)
        except TypeError:
              print "Non numeric character in line", line
              continue #Breaks, and starts with next line

        data_points.append(tempLine)
        return data_points

print process(data)

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[1000]

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but this is what i have written on the text file:

1000
890
900
abc
500
650
850
1200
1100


On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:53:26 +1300, Liam Clarke <cyresse at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oops, and I meant
> 
> try:
>    tempLine = int(line)
> 
> Silly indent error.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:52:49 +1300, Liam Clarke <cyresse at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, a string "12345" when called through int() will come back as 12345.
> >
> > But, a string "foo", called through int(), will raise a TypeError.
> >
> > So....
> >
> > > import sys
> > >
> > > data_file = open('C:/Documents and Settings/nyer/Desktop/nyer.txt', 'r')
> > > data = data_file.readlines()
> > >
> > > def process(list_of_lines):
> > >     data_points = []
> > >     for line in list_of_lines:
> > >         data_points.append(int(line))
> > >     return data_points
> > >
> > > print process(data)
> >
> > You could do this
> >
> > def process(list_of_lines):
> >      data_points=[]
> >          for line in list_of_lines:
> >                try:
> >                tempLine = int(line)
> >                except TypeError:
> >                    print "Non numeric character in line", line
> >                    continue #Breaks, and starts with next line
> >                data_points.append(tempLine)
> >
> > That's one way, but there's probably a better way.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Liam Clarke
> > --
> > 'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well please.
> > And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.
> >
> 
> --
> 'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well please.
> And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.
> 
>