Alan G wrote: "This is a bad idea. Instead, write your strings directly to o
o.write(s) Print adds newlines automatically(unless you explicitly suppress them). But printing to a file is messy compared to writing directly to the file. (And also means you cant print debug messages while developing your code!)" >>> Thank you so much, Alan. I had the feeling I was making it more difficult >>> on myself. In fact, before I tried using stdout as a solution, I was >>> getting errors on my syntax because I was (apparently) trying to "call" the >>> list. I'm sure I was putting syntax in the wrong order...but now I better >>> understand the use of file objects and lists (and strings!). :D === Danny Yoo wrote: "You may want to look at existing parsers that people have written. https://github.com/byroot/pysrt >>> That will definitely help out in the future once I get a little better >>> wrapping my head around programming with Python. I would like to cut out >>> the middle man (app: Aegisub) if I could...eventually. Now that my very >>> basic stumbling block is worked out, I can start building on it. This will >>> likely come in handy. :) Danny Yoo wrote: "Rather than immediately print the string, you may want to accumulate results in a list. You can then do some processing on your list of strings." >>> Indeed, this is what I was trying with: lns = f.readlines() I was creating more trouble for myself by not having the basic syntax order right, and then using stdout tied to my output file, using print statements that were adding newlines, even though I was trying to edit them out. Thank you both again for your time! This result works perfectly (REMs removed): f = open('tmp.txt', 'r') o = open('result.txt', 'w') lns = f.readlines() f.close() for line in lns: if ".\n" in line: a = line.replace('.\n','. ') o.write(a) else: a = line.strip('\n') o.write(a + " ") o.close() _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
