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Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file

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On 3/31/2013 11:52 AM, C.T. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently working on a homework problem that requires me to create a dictionary from a .txt file that contains some of the worst cars ever made. The file looks something like this:
>
> 1958 MGA Twin Cam
> 1958 Zunndapp Janus
> 1961 Amphicar
> 1961 Corvair
> 1966 Peel Trident
> 1970 AMC Gremlin
> 1970 Triumph Stag
> 1971 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron Two-Door Hardtop
>
> The car manufacturer should be the key and a tuple containing the year and the model should be the key's value. I tried the following to just get the contents of the file into a list, but only the very last line in the txt file is shown as a list with three elements (ie, ['2004', 'Chevy', 'SSR']) when I print temp.
>
> d={}
> car_file = open('worstcars.txt', 'r')
> for line in car_file:
>      temp = line.split()

If all makers are one word (Austen-Martin would be ok, and if the file 
is otherwise consistently year maker model words, then adding 
'maxsplit=3' to the split call would be all the parsing you need.

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Creating a dictionary from a .txt file "C.T." <swilks06@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 08:52 -0700
  Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-01 03:06 +1100
    Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file "C.T." <swilks06@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 10:19 -0700
      Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-01 04:22 +1100
    Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file "C.T." <swilks06@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 10:19 -0700
  Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 09:20 -0700
    Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file "C.T." <swilks06@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 09:52 -0700
      Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-31 13:31 -0400
        Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-31 14:41 -0400
          Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-31 17:37 -0400
          Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-01 11:41 +0000
            Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-01 23:53 +0000
              Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> - 2013-04-02 00:28 +0000
              Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-03 12:55 +0000
    Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file "C.T." <swilks06@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 09:52 -0700
  Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-31 12:38 -0400
    Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file "C.T." <swilks06@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 10:28 -0700
  Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-03-31 15:04 -0400
  Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file "C.T." <swilks06@gmail.com> - 2013-04-01 16:53 -0700
    Re: Creating a dictionary from a .txt file Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-01 20:12 -0400

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