Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder7.xlned.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.052 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; 'output': 0.05; 'problem?': 0.07; 'bracket': 0.16; 'buggy': 0.16; 'commas,': 0.16; 'mylist': 0.16; 'received:74.208.4.195': 0.16; 'subject:reader': 0.16; 'fix': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'split': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'input': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'software.': 0.24; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; "i'm": 0.30; '25,': 0.31; 'quotes': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'monday,': 0.33; 'problem': 0.35; 'advice': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'list.': 0.37; 'starting': 0.37; 'implement': 0.38; 'skip:o 20': 0.38; 'url:library': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'list,': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'previous': 0.38; 'embedded': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'march': 0.61; 'show': 0.63; 'received:74.208': 0.68; "it'd": 0.84; 'specs.': 0.84; 'rusi': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:40:51 -0400 From: Dave Angel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130308 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Separate Rows in reader References: <4e1e93e5-14bd-4408-9c92-3c340e558deb@googlegroups.com> <3054bd15-f3d3-4568-aea2-567dd6d762de@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <3054bd15-f3d3-4568-aea2-567dd6d762de@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:TqpM77QkHjOFRX4YtLpcI0H/Lxi/XpzyOVO1FMdL3tz nyD8lZ3kUIG5HDop7QkupvLo4QGb3b8n3FZFTI6CbLIj4sdxYr FloiJwr2EpCjSJ60gPj6dw9lAmjIElQGPHQxc++JIi2bH3mLpD qVU6nponGtJXhgiJfF8d+0UyoKk9qyu5o5dVSch+PBkm6aL52d ZGMYwj7WSj3abPcjS+TMsSIeH1v/aksxLBQTzL92PzEA37Xqpe HWZ5n6Qmj8G4eslOq1NjOEifnW952ShU9YtX7hj/hueKo6n9mH 6tzkSP5XVct0Js0gd9GydQxZKI6XBWwImRDA+Aytk+Uh8JGhA= = 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: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 41 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1364262083 news.xs4all.nl 6913 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38330 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:41845 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. >>> >> >> >> >> 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("[", "(") -- -- DaveA