[Tutor] Reading information from a text file into a list of lists (WinXP/py2.6.2)

[Kent Johnson]

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Katt <the_only_katala at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Currently I am working on a program that reads text from a text file.  I
> would like it to place the information int a list and inside the information
> would have sublists of information.
>
> The text file looks like this:
>
> "Old Test","2009_10_20"
> "Current Test","2009_10_25"
> "Future Test","2009_11_01"
>
> I am trying to get the list of lists to look like the following after the
> information is read from the text file:
>
> important_dates = [["Old Test","2009_10_20"],["Current
> Test",2009_10_25"],["Future Test","2009_11_01"]]

Take a look at the csv module in the standard lib. You can configure
it to use comma as the delimiter and it will handle the quotes for
you.

Kent