On Mar 28, 3:26 am, Jiewei Huang <jiewe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18:28 PM UTC+10, rusi wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2:35 pm, Jiewei Huang <jiewe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:48:10 PM UTC+10, MRAB wrote: > > > > > On 26/03/2013 03:33, Jiewei Huang wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:40:51 AM UTC+10, Dave Angel wrote: > > > > > >> On 03/25/2013 09:05 PM, Jiewei Huang wrote: > > > > > >>> On Monday, March 25, 2013 11:51:51 PM UTC+10, rusi wrote: > > > > > >> If you insist on using GoogleGroups, then make sure you keep your > > > > >> quotes > > > > > >> small. I'm about to stop reading messages that are double-spaced by > > > > > >> buggy software. > > > > > >> >>> <SNIP> > > > > > >> >> Have you tried the split (and perhaps strip) methods from > > > > > >> >>http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods > > > > > >> >> ? > > > > > >> You got lots of specific advice from your previous thread. So which > > > > > >> version did you end up using? It'd make a good starting place for > > > > >> this > > > > > >> "problem." > > > > > >> > can show me one line of how to implement it base on my problem? > > > > > >> As long as the input data is constrained not to have any embedded > > > > > >> commas, just use: > > > > > >> mylist = line.split(",") > > > > > >> instead of print, send your output to a list. Then for each line in > > > > >> the > > > > > >> list, fix the bracket problem to your strange specs. > > > > > >> outline = outline.replace("[", "(") > > > > > > Hi Dave thanks for the tips, > > > > > > I manage to code this: > > > > > > f = open('Book1.csv', 'rU') > > > > > > for row in f: > > > > > > print zip([row for (row) in f]) > > > > > > however my output is > > > > > > [('John Konon Ministry of Moon Walks 4567882 27-Feb\n',), ('Stacy > > > > > Kisha Ministry of Man Power 1234567 17-Jan\n',)] > > > > > > is there any method to remove the \n ? > > > > > Use the .rstrip method: > > > > > print zip(row.rstrip('\n') for row in f) > > > > Hi the output is: > > > > [('John Cleese,Ministry of Silly Walks,5555421,27-Oct',), ('Stacy > > > Kisha,Ministry of Man Power,1234567,17-Jan',)] > > > > how to make it to > > > > [CODE][('John Cleese', 'Ministry of Silly Walks' , '5555421', '27-Oct'), > > > ('Stacy Kisha', 'Ministry of Man Power', '1234567,17-Jan')][/CODE] > > > > i need ' ' in all the row and the , to be remove after the date > > > Everything you need for this has been answered by Tim, Dave, myself > > > (and others?). > > > If you are stuck, tell us where. > > > If something did not work, tell us what. > > > Dont you think if you are asking us to do your homework, you should > > > offer us a little fee? > > Hi Rusi, > > I'm truly struck and I did mention what did not work and i did follow the > link you gave and i did come out with my own code which come out as a same > result ( look at the #) however it is not the one i need. > > f = open('friends.csv', 'rU') > for row in f: > #print zip([row.rstrip() for (row) in f]) > print zip(row.rstrip('\n') for (row) in f)
>>> s=' John Cleese, Ministry of Silly Walks,5555421,27-Oct \n' >>> s.split(',') [' John Cleese', ' Ministry of Silly Walks', '5555421', '27-Oct \n'] >>> s.strip().split(',') ['John Cleese', ' Ministry of Silly Walks', '5555421', '27-Oct'] >>> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list