Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Joel Goldstick Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: realtime output and csv files Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 17:12:36 -0500 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <56B51065.2090104@gmail.com> <56B51957.2030900@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 3WIo6hv6ofmUa2aZ4e/cowmpgYmOAXb85p3PU661VCqA== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.029 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:209.85.223': 0.03; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.09; 'csv': 0.09; 'subject:files': 0.09; 'suggest': 0.15; '2016': 0.16; 'point!': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; "wouldn't": 0.16; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.18; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'parser': 0.22; 'feb': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'fri,': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'spaces': 0.29; 'there.': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'url:python': 0.33; 'surprised': 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.34; 'skip:& 20': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'text': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'personally': 0.61; 'more': 0.63; '>>>>>': 0.66; 'eyes': 0.70; '(according': 0.84; 'bernardo': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.91; 'careful': 0.91; 'joel': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=AfmQbSIC+dC52IhF0eq1g5NLCQqt8hGQfBo1cqLUU7Q=; b=kcJgPe1VM5yMDk83fGYwV2H+9qCLN8WagPPLtUcifzD9jnTmJsApm0ui78aqvMXdhU 9FeHvODrjFlPGpKZv2HmQIJ89B9+IawCs8cerKLvPpuKNvtbVJFqX8wQKPFEXqQR+ICw r61OAau5HSCSc29mYpmoh3Ous2eJs7dCa2QYbzElhn5eWsG4ztbA3/OjfGNN023HSHgI qFPQiYKmXtWweoXraN6YuiiBg7DU/yiimPNab7mS34zm1gI3sUVydxURzHh8WGzRJtuI YvaCnWwRpoiEX7EiJ5CFM5M0O9ecY0WK2ssQPRmYUhTIWvkQTYLNm+IvyYnrnkC5HwtA +ymA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:cc:content-type; bh=AfmQbSIC+dC52IhF0eq1g5NLCQqt8hGQfBo1cqLUU7Q=; b=nIvKTYcjiguboADXzV2msPJzYuv78jvQOIBLSbvO2okcWEYB4l1OQoFTh3pcw7UQEp neV4xEYDNnNke9NwQeFH+lBgB+PsMb4etTQQDkLskGHyOwPGoiFgSZpnBzgVwgwNHsdy q1FWCIM9ajt6Oc38rqaqUwVnfJ/a+hntPcsfTvp0dfHnmAkY+EdUC4HTP0KdJWdHEF9k WSCm50cSAeMKbyBxV+ugybMlXLEsrCEGLwSmkbzF/lMB03KpCMxZUq6dKQeFnK1pggrx 18i6n9mLQq03QC2pajOPNrkTfA3bDH9W9aLI/ksF+gEpixUNoRJP+qCWIV+vHfPJWtXv yKNA== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORDmyX6+JyB/LZaBL9S3KGmrrcpeun5tiE28q+vN0u+zkqfY7aQs+JJJWRUA9bKdAPQyqjU1RheVdnTnw== X-Received: by 10.107.10.147 with SMTP id 19mr15973726iok.46.1454710356668; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:12:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <56B51957.2030900@gmail.com> X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21rc2 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21rc2 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:102566 On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Bernardo Sulzbach wrote: > On 02/05/2016 07:43 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > >> print("%d, %2d:%2d, %.1f" % (1,10,24,20.4)) >>>>> >>>> 1, 10:24, 20.4 >> > > Let us be more careful there. Although CSV has no formal specification > (according to the IETF), *those spaces are not good*. > > It is **very unlikely** that they will cause issues, but 1,10:24,20.4 is > *safer* and - to my eyes - better CSV. > > I wouldn't be surprised if a parser treated a value as text only because > it has spaces on it. > > For OP, if you are going for this, I - personally - suggest sticking to > "%d,%2d:%2d,%.1f". Good point! > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/stats/birthdays