Re: [Tutor] Coma separated instead TAB separated

2014-06-09 Thread Mario Py
Thank you Alan, so simple solution! Just show how little I know! >> You should probably use the csv module instead << For now split should be OK, in the future I will try to learn CVS module. OK I understand, new subject, new post, thanks again Mario On 6/8/2014 5:33 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:

Re: [Tutor] Coma separated instead TAB separated

2014-06-09 Thread Mario Py
Steven, How about "," for comma? LOL! I didn't know, now I know :-) Thank you also for all additional info. I printed it out! Here is a list of the escape sequences allowed: \a BEL (bell) \b BS (backspace) \f FF (formfeed) \n LF (linefeed or newline) \r CR (carriag

Re: [Tutor] Coma separated instead TAB separated

2014-06-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 12:56:40PM -0600, Mario Py wrote: > Hi everyone, this is very basic/beginner question. > > I'm reading TXT file, two words per line that are separated by TAB: > > question, rightAnswer = line.strip().split('\t') For a simple format like this, that's perfectly acceptable,

Re: [Tutor] Coma separated instead TAB separated

2014-06-08 Thread Alan Gauld
On 08/06/14 19:56, Mario Py wrote: Hi everyone, this is very basic/beginner question. Hi, Please don;t reply to an existing message to start a new discussion. It messes up the threading and makes it harder for people searching the archives in the future. I'm reading TXT file, two words pe

[Tutor] Coma separated instead TAB separated

2014-06-08 Thread Mario Py
Hi everyone, this is very basic/beginner question. I'm reading TXT file, two words per line that are separated by TAB: question, rightAnswer = line.strip().split('\t') I would like to use TXT file that it would be separated by coma. How do I change that line of code? I tried these two versions