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[jslate1980]

I am wanting to read information from a text file using Python.

 

 

The format of the text file is Name Score with each result been on a newline by using “\n” for example:

 

Karl 5

 

Dave 10

 

Steve 15

 

ETC

 

 

I want to add this information into two lists one with the name and one with the numerical score.

 

 

Any ideas?

[pcstru]

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html

 

You open files with

 

f = open('workfile', 'r')

 

You can then loop through the file, line by line with something like :

 

for line in f:

 

For each line you want the elements out based on the space as a sep so

 

array=line.split(' ')

 

You should then have the elements as array[0] and array[1] and can append them to your separated lists.