Hello group, after 4 months my brain became rusty by not solving problems. I need some help to regain my basic skills.
my problem: I have a file that looks like this: // AB32456\tTransaction from India \t 43 \t 34 \t 34 \t 65 \t 12 \t 35 // AV32567\tTransaction from Singapore \t 43 \t 34 \t 34 \t 65 \t 12 \t 35 // AK34678\tTransaction from HongKong \t 43 \t 34 \t 34 \t 65 \t 12 \t 35 Characterstics: Every transaction seperated by '//' Column 1 is container name Column 2 - Description of transaction and quantities (in next lines) What I have to do: // AB32456\tTransaction from India AB32456\t 43 \t 34 AB32456\t 34 \t 65 AB32456\t 12 \t 35 // AV32567\tTransaction from Singapore AV32567\t 43 \t 34 AV32567\t 34 \t 65 AV32567\t 12 \t 35 // AK34678\tTransaction from HongKong AK34678\t 43 \t 34 AK34678\t 34 \t 65 AK34678\t 12 \t 35 The line that Ive been writing (of course wrong script): f1 = open('myfile','r') stuff = f1.read().split('\n') for i in stuff: if i != '//': trcode = line.split('\t')[0] trquant = line.split('\t')[1] print trcode+'\t'+trquant This is completely garbage and i am getting no where. Please help me.. thank you ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor