On Apr 28, 2014 11:14 AM, "Gabriele Brambilla" < gb.gabrielebrambi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to convert a string to a float. It seems a basic thing but I don't know why I'm getting this erroris > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "phresREADER.py", line 27, in <module> > tra = float(stri) > ValueError: could not convert string to float: > > My file has this line > > 5.50000e+000 5.50000e+001 5.50000e+002 5.50000e+003 > > my code is: > > my_line = f.readline() > avg_energySTR = [str(i) for i in my_line.split(' ')] > for stri in avg_energySTR: > tra = float(stri) Works for me. Try printing art in the loop > > do you have any idea? > > thanks > > Gabriele > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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