Reputation: 629
i have this code
animal_names, dates, locations = [], [], []
filename=input("Enter name of file:")
if filename=="animallog1.txt":
data=open('animallog1.txt','r')
information=data.read()
for line in information:
animal_name, date, location = line.strip().split(':')
animal_names.append(animal_name)
dates.append(date)
locations.append(location)
print(animal_names)
print(dates)
print(location)
i am trying to use the data in the txt file to print me the results i want the txt file contains the following :
a01:01-24-2011:s1
a03:01-24-2011:s2
a02:01-24-2011:s2
a03:02-02-2011:s2
a03:03-02-2011:s1
a02:04-19-2011:s2
a01:05-14-2011:s2
a02:06-11-2011:s2
a03:07-12-2011:s1
a01:08-19-2011:s1
a03:09-19-2011:s1
a03:10-19-2011:s2
a03:11-19-2011:s1
a03:12-19-2011:s2
which is in the format animal_name:date:location
using the above i want to get
animal_names=[a01,a02, #till the very end,a03]
same for the rest of them(date,location), how can i fix my code so that is my result
I also need to use these lists the answer questions later
Upvotes: 1
Views: 76
Reputation: 56694
Or
def main():
fname = input("Enter name of file: ")
with open(fname) as inf:
names, dates, locations = zip(*[line.strip().split(':') for line in inf])
print(names)
print(dates)
print(locations)
if __name__=="__main__":
main()
Upvotes: 3