[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The following code
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import string
MyList=['abc','def']
for i in MyList:
print i
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works as I expect that is I get
abc
def
but when I have Mylist in a file and I read it from the file it does
not work as I expect.
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import string
ff=open('C:\\Robotp\\MyFile.txt','r') # read MyList from a file
MyList=ff.read()
for i in MyList:
print i
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I will get
[
'
a
b
c
'
,
'
d
e
f
'
]
where my MyFile.txt looks like this:
['abc','def']
Where is a problem?
Thanks for help
Lad
That's quite simple. Your file contain a string, not a list
You must use eval(your_list_as_string).
>>> f = open('/tmp/list')
>>> f.seek(0)
>>> s = f.read()
>>> s
"['adc','def']\n"
>>> l = eval(s)
>>> l
['adc', 'def']
>>> for i in l:
... print i
...
adc
def
gawel
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