They are separated by tabs
> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:16:22 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Extracting columns from many files to different files > From: joel.goldst...@gmail.com > To: taser...@gmail.com > CC: susana...@hotmail.com; tutor@python.org > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:11 PM, taserian <taser...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:58 AM, susana moreno colomer > > <susana...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi! > >> I have a folder, with the following text files with columns: > >> > >> bb_ 1 > >> bb_2 > >> ww_1 > >> ww_2 > >> ff_1 > >> ff_2 > >> > >> What I want to do is: > >> > >> Extract columns 5,6, 8 from files bb_ > >> Extract columns 3,4 from files ww_ > >> Get 5 files, corresponding to different columns: > >> Files (excel files): 'ro' with colums number 5, 'bf' with colums number > >> 6, 'sm' with column 8, 'se' with columns number 3 and 'dse' with columns > >> number 4 > > > > How are these columns separated? Blank spaces, tabs, commas? > > > > I'm mostly worried about: > > > > > > for b in line: > > A.append(b[5].strip()) > > B.append(b[6].strip()) > > C.append(b[8].strip()) > > > > For the A List, this will take the 5th character from the line, not the 5th > > column. You may need to split the line based on the separators. > > > > AR > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > To make your code show correctly you must set your email program to > write text and not html. You should also set your text editor to turn > tabs into 4 spaces. Tabs work in python, but you can't mix tabs and > spaces, so it is less of a problem if you only use spaces for > indenting > > > -- > Joel Goldstick
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