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pythonloopsfor-loop
Liam Yorkville
Liam Yorkville

Reputation: 63

for loop in python

    inFile = open("subjects.txt","r") 
    global subArray 
    subArray = [] 
    global line 
    for line in inFile: 
            subArray.append(line) 
    inFile.close() 
    return subArray

This how I get the data when in is in different lines in the text file like

math
science
art

I need to know how to do it when the data is in one line

math , science , geography

Upvotes: 1

Views: 364

Answers (2)

tangentstorm
tangentstorm

Reputation: 7325

line.split(" , ") will turn the string into an array a list of strings. You might also look at the standard "csv" module.

Upvotes: 4

yan
yan

Reputation: 20992

This will work if the entire file is just one line:

subArray = [subj.strip() for subj in open("subjects.txt","r").read().split(',')]

or if you want to do it in a loop:

 inFile = open("subjects.txt","r")
 subArray = []
 for line in inFile
    for subject in line.split(','):
        subArray.append(subject.strip())
 return subArray

or using the csv module:

import csv
subArray = []
for line in csv.reader(open('subjects.txt', 'rb')):
   for subject in line:
       subArray.append(subject)

Upvotes: 3

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