Dave Kuhlman <dkuhlman <at> rexx.com> writes:
> > Monte gave you a good suggestion *if* you are sure that there is no > quoting and, especially, if you are sure that there are no commas > inside of quotes in your input data. > > However, it seems that you are dealing with a CSV (comma separated > values) file. Python has a module for that. See: > > http://docs.python.org/library/csv.html > > That module might help you write safer code. > Well, like I said... 'blind leading the blind'. I was piecing it together from what I've been exposed to. I had a feeling there was a csv function out there but not having any experience with it I stuck with what I had seen. Reading up on the csv file reading function, it does appear to be a *much* better solution for reading the file and processing the contents! Monte _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
