On 10/3/07, sacha rook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > can anyone help with the best way to tackle this? > > I have a spreadsheet ms excel, that has a name column that I want to > extract to csv and manipulate as follows. > > The name column has data in this format > > Name > > Surname Firstname > > after extracting and manipulating I want it to be as follows in three comma > separated fields; > > > Firstname, Surname, Firstname Surname > > So > > Smith John > > becomes > > John, Smith, John Smith > > I hope I have explained myself. > > I want to use python to do all this if sensible, so what is the best > approach? > > Many thanks > > S > > ________________________________ > Do you know a place like the back of your hand? Share local knowledge with > BackOfMyHand.com > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
Here's the best approach: 1. Browse: http://python.org/doc/ 2. Search Google. 3. Write code. 4. Post code to the group and ask for help with the pieces that aren't working as you expect. Have fun! Shawn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
