Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!multikabel.net!newsfeed20.multikabel.net!amsnews11.chello.com!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 0.006 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'callable': 0.09; 'from:addr:python': 0.09; 'lines:': 0.09; 'sections': 0.13; 'subject:file': 0.13; '"w")': 0.16; 'commas:': 0.16; 'from:addr:mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'from:name:mrab': 0.16; 'message-id:@mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'received:84.92': 0.16; 'received:84.92.122': 0.16; 'received:84.92.122.60': 0.16; 'received:84.93': 0.16; 'received:84.93.230': 0.16; 'reply-to:addr :python-list': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'jan': 0.19; '(but': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'end,': 0.23; 'somehow': 0.23; 'pm,': 0.26; 'variable': 0.27; 'lines': 0.30; '22,': 0.30; 'typeerror:': 0.30; 'break': 0.32; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'object': 0.33; 'received:84': 0.34; 'reply-to:addr:python.org': 0.34; 'especially': 0.35; 'skip:" 10': 0.36; 'but': 0.37; 'skip:o 20': 0.38; 'subject:from': 0.39; 'missing': 0.39; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'got': 0.40; 'more': 0.61; 'due': 0.66; 'dealing': 0.68; 'header :Reply-To:1': 0.71; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.72; 'subject:content': 0.84 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=J8QoHXbS c=1 sm=1 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:17 a=FFsdPcU1_MIA:10 a=A2dWweJ9qr0A:10 a=OUOv7kDek9cA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=j8BOxvSj_PVkAeQXLqcA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:117 X-AUTH: mrabarnett:2500 Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:56:21 +0000 From: MRAB User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Splitting a file from specific column content References: <4F1C2915.6050609@mrabarnett.plus.com> <849e46d1-b3bb-481d-8a8e-17cb51b0523f@cf6g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <849e46d1-b3bb-481d-8a8e-17cb51b0523f@cf6g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: python-list@python.org 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: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1327251361 news.xs4all.nl 6945 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52068 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:19223 On 22/01/2012 16:17, Yigit Turgut wrote: [snip] > On Jan 22, 5:39 pm, Arnaud Delobelle wrote: [snip] >> Or more succintly (but not tested): >> >> sections = [ >> ("3", "section_1") >> ("5", "section_2") >> ("\xFF", "section_3") >> ] >> >> with open(input_path) as input_file: >> lines = iter(input_file) >> for end, path in sections: >> with open(path, "w") as output_file: >> for line in lines: >> if line>= end: >> break >> output_file.write(line) >> >> -- >> Arnaud > > Good idea. Especially when dealing with variable numbers of sections. > But somehow I got ; > > ("5", "section_2") > TypeError: 'tuple' object is not callable > That's due to missing commas: sections = [ ("3", "section_1"), ("5", "section_2"), ("\xFF", "section_3") ]