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Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file

Date 2014-02-20 19:17 +0000
From MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
Subject Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file
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On 2014-02-20 18:16, kjakupak@gmail.com wrote:
> What I've got is
> def stu_scores():
>      lines = []
>      with open("file.txt") as f:
>          lines.extend(f.readlines())
>      return ("".join(lines[11:]))
>
> scores = stu_scores()
> for line in scores:
>      fields = line.split()
>      name = fields[0]
>      sum1 = int(fields[4]) + int(fields[5]) + int(fields[6])
>      sum2 = int(fields[7]) + int(fields[8])
>      average1 = sum1 / 3.0
>      average2 = sum2 / 2.0
>      print ("%s %f %f %") (name, average1, average2)
>
> It says that the list index is out of range on the sum1 line. I need stu_scores because the table from above starts on line 11.
>
Apart from the other replies, the final print is wrong. It should be:

     print "%s %f %f" % (name, average1, average2)

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The sum of numbers in a line from a file kxjakkk <kjakupak@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 08:22 -0800
  Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-02-20 16:46 +0000
    Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file kjakupak@gmail.com - 2014-02-20 10:16 -0800
      Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 13:32 -0500
        Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file kjakupak@gmail.com - 2014-02-20 10:37 -0800
          Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-02-20 19:59 +0100
      Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 19:56 +0100
      Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-02-20 19:17 +0000
  Re:The sum of numbers in a line from a file Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-02-20 11:54 -0500
  Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 14:35 -0800
  Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file Johannes Schneider <johannes.schneider@galileo-press.de> - 2014-02-21 09:16 +0100
  Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file sffjunkie@gmail.com - 2014-02-24 03:48 -0800
    Re: The sum of numbers in a line from a file sffjunkie@gmail.com - 2014-02-24 04:02 -0800

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