Accidentally cut off a 0 there... Think about using ConfigParser instead of your csv. Doug Hellman wrote a good article on that: http://blog.doughellmann.com/2007/04/pymotw-configparser.html
But if you really want to load your data this way, this will work: for subscript,line in enumerate(file("file.csv")): s = line.split(",")[1] try: f = float(s) locals()["x%i" % subscript]=f except: locals()["x%i" % subscript]=s print x1 print x0 On Jan 15, 2008 3:47 PM, Michael Langford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for subscript,line in enumerate(file("file.csv")): > s = line.split(",")[1] > try: > f = float(s) > locals()["x%i" % subscript]=f > except: > locals()["x%i" % subscript]=s > > print x1 > print x > > On Jan 15, 2008 3:26 PM, lechtlr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I want to read an input file (file.csv) that has two columns. I want to read > > 2nd column and assign variables that are strings and floats. Currently, I > > use the following split() function to read from the input file and create a > > list, and then assign each element to a variable. > > > > I am wondering there is any other easier (and elegant) way of doing this ? > > > > data = [] > > for line in open("file.csv"): > > columns = line.split(',') > > data.append([columns[1]]) > > > > This script returns, say: > > data = [ ['20.0'], ['0.34'], ................,[ 'a:0.20, b:0.30, c:0.50' ]] > > > > Then, I assign to a set of variables, say: > > > > x1 = float(data[0][0]) ; x2 = float(data[1][0]);.............;xn = > > data[-1][0] > > > > > > Thanks, > > Lex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > > > > > > -- > Michael Langford > Phone: 404-386-0495 > Consulting: http://www.RowdyLabs.com > -- Michael Langford Phone: 404-386-0495 Consulting: http://www.RowdyLabs.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor