[Tutor] get columns from txt file

[Don Jennings]

On Jul 12, 2012, at 10:55 AM, susana moreno colomer wrote:

> Hi!
>  
> I have a group of files in a directory:
> bb_1.txt
> bb_2.txt
> bb_3.txt
> bb_4.txt
> bb_5.txt
> bb_6.txt
> ss_1.txt
> 
> I want to extract from  files whose names start with  bb_   column number 5 to an excel file. I have 6  bb_  files, therefore I want to get 6 columns (5th column from each file)
> This code is working,with the following errors:
> 
> I get the data in only one column, instead of six

Great! It sounds like you're almost there. Where's the code which works except that it puts the data all in one column?

Take care,
Don
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