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learningpython
learningpython

Reputation: 97

Read txt file into list Python

I am using this code to read a text file into a list.

with open("products.txt", "r") as f:
    test=f.read().splitlines()

print(test)

The resulting output is:

['88888888,apple,0.50', '99999999,pear,0.20', '90673412,orange,1.20']

I need the output to look like below so I can reference the individual elements.

['88888888', 'apple', '0.50', '99999999', 'pear', '0.20', '90673412', 'orange', '1.20']

Upvotes: 4

Views: 7334

Answers (1)

Kasravnd
Kasravnd

Reputation: 107347

You can use a nested list comprehension :

with open("products.txt", "r") as f:
    test=[i for line in f for i in line.split(',')]

Or use csv module to refuse of splitting the lines :

>>> import csv
>>> with open('products.txt') as csvfile:
...     spamreader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',')
        test=[i for row in spamreader for i in row]

Upvotes: 2

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