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Lorenzo
Lorenzo

Reputation: 13

Python: Getting a a proper list out of lines in a file

I have the folllowing line of code

name = input("Enter file:")

if len(name) < 1 : name = "mbox-short.txt"

handle = open(name)

for line in handle:

    if line.startswith('From '):

        value= (line.split()[1])

        print(value)

And as a output I get the mails adresses in the text file in the following format:

stephen.marquard@uct.ac.za 

louis@media.berkeley.edu

zqian@umich.edu

rjlowe@iupui.edu

zqian@umich.edu

rjlowe@iupui.edu

gsilver@umich.edu

gsilver@umich.edu

zqian@umich.edu

Does anybody know how to get the output in a normal list format like ['louis@media.berkeley.edu' , 'rjlowe@iupui.edu' ......]

Thanks for your help!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 52

Answers (2)

Faye Hall
Faye Hall

Reputation: 31

Use Comprehension:


name = input("Enter file:")

if len(name) < 1 : name = "mbox-short.txt"

handle = open(name)

value= [line.split()[1] for line in handle if line.startswith('From ')] 

print(value)

Upvotes: 1

Alex C
Alex C

Reputation: 13

I am pretty sure that the easiest way to do that is:

handle = open(name, "r")
content = handle.read()
content_list = content.split("\n\n")
handle.close()
print(content_list)

Upvotes: 0

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