On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Christian Witts <cwi...@compuscan.co.za> wrote:
> If your output is going to be sorted like that so you know NONAME will be on > the same line in both files what you can do is > > INCT = open('something.csv', 'r') > INMRI = open('something_else.csv', 'r') > > rec_INCT = INCT.readline() > rec_INMRI = INMRI.readline() > > while rec_INCT and rec_INMRI: > name, x, y, z, a, b, c, d = rec_INCT.split(',') > NAME, X, Y, Z, A, B, C, D = rec.INMRI.split(',') > > if name == NAME: > print 'Matches' > > rec_INCT = INCT.readline() > rec_INMRI = INMRI.readline() > > INCT.close() > INMRI.close() For this to work the files must have the same names in the same order. It's not enough that they be sorted, they have to have the same entries. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor