On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, kumar s wrote:
> I have a bunch of files where the first column is always the same. I
> want to collect all those files, extract the second columns by file wise
> and write the first column, followed by the other columns(extracted from
> files) next to each other.
Hi Kumar,
Can you show us an example of what you mean?
I think you're looking for something takes a list of line elements, like
###
lines = """
1 Alpha
1 Beta
1 Gamma
1 Delta
1 Epsilon
""".split('\n')
###
and combines input lines with the same first column into something like
this:
###
1 Alpha|Beta|Gamma|Delta|Epsilon
###
But I'm not positive if something like this is what you're trying to do.
You mentioned multiple files: can you show us a small, simple example with
two files?
An example like this will help clarify the problem, and help us know if
we're really answering your question.
Best of wishes to you!
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