Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!cs.uu.nl!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.036 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.93; '*S*': 0.00; 'output': 0.04; 'brackets': 0.09; 'rows': 0.09; 'to:addr:comp.lang.python': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.10; 'slightly': 0.15; '24,': 0.16; 'csv': 0.16; 'row': 0.16; 'silly': 0.16; 'subject:reader': 0.16; 'typo': 0.16; 'with?': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'specify': 0.17; 'question.': 0.20; 'all,': 0.21; 'import': 0.21; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'tried': 0.25; 'least': 0.25; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; 'file': 0.32; 'print': 0.32; 'consist': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'explain': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'wanted': 0.36; 'guidance': 0.36; 'display': 0.36; 'one,': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'address': 0.60; 'john': 0.60; 'places': 0.61; 'different': 0.63; 'information': 0.63; 'show': 0.63; 'telephone': 0.64; 'here': 0.65; 'differences': 0.65; 'power': 0.74; 'square': 0.75; '2013': 0.84; 'text-based': 0.84; 'birthday': 0.91; 'angel': 0.93; 'ministry': 0.93 X-Received: by 10.50.135.10 with SMTP id po10mr1926201igb.4.1364112719165; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:11:59 -0700 (PDT) Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:11:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=202.171.164.211; posting-account=Ku_GgAoAAACcsiNwXg5lFaSDSrqhcidb References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-IP: 202.171.164.211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Separate Rows in reader From: Jiewei Huang To: comp.lang.python@googlegroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Message-ID: Lines: 108 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1364127021 news.xs4all.nl 6937 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:39319 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:41778 On Sunday, March 24, 2013 3:46:49 PM UTC+10, Dave Angel wrote: > On 03/24/2013 01:20 AM, Jiewei Huang wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Currently create a simple text-based database of information about people > > > > > > > > > I have a csv file which consist of 3 rows , row 1 2 and 3 is as such: > > > Name Address Telephone Birthday > > > John Konon Ministry of Moon Walks 4567882 27-Feb > > > Stacy Kisha Ministry of Man Power 1234567 17-Jan > > > > > > > > > My codes are : > > > import csv > > > original = file('friends.csv', 'rU') > > > reader = csv.reader(original) > > > > > > for row in reader: > > > > > > print row > > > > > > > > > and the output is : > > > ['Name', ' Address', 'Telephone', 'Birthday'] > > > ['John Konon', 'Ministry of Moon Walks', '4567882', '27-Feb'] > > > ['Stacy Kisha', 'Ministry of Man Power', '1234567', '17-Jan'] > > > > > > But i wanted to make it > > > > > > [('John Cleese', 'Ministry of Silly Walks', '5555421', '27-Feb'), > > > ( 'Stacy Kisha', 'Ministry of Man Power', '1234567', 17-Jan')] > > > > > > can someone show me guidance to this issue > > > > > > Thanks all > > > > > > > There are at least 3 differences to the printouts. Which difference are > > you concerned with? > > > > 1) Moon --> Silly > > 2) square and round brackets in slightly different places > > 3) row 0 suppressed > > > > Explain which one, or specify a fourth, and also what you have tried to > > address the question. > > > > > > -- > > DaveA Sorry my typo in the output here is the correct output that i need : [('John Konon', 'Ministry of moon Walks', '4567882', '27-Feb'), ( 'Stacy Kisha', 'Ministry of Man Power', '1234567', 17-Jan')] the difference is that i need a [(row two), (row three), (row fouth)] . I do not want to display row one which is ['Name', ' Address', 'Telephone', 'Birthday']