On Jul 2, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Hanna Michelsen wrote:
Hi,
I am brand new to python and I love it, but I've been having some
trouble
with a file parser that I've been working on. It contains lines that
start
with a name and then continue with names, nicknames and phone
numbers of
people associated with that name. I need to create a list of the
names of
people associated with each singular person (the first name in each
line).
Each name/phone number is separated by a tab but if someone doesn't
have a
nickname there are two tabs between their name and number.
I've been trying to figure out how to test for two tabs, skip over
these
people and move onto the next name but I just can't figure out how
that will
work in python.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hi Hanna,
Are you familiar with a string's split() function? It sounds like just
what you need.
http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#str.split
HTH
Philip
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