Cesar G. Miguel wrote: > ------------------------------------- > L = [] > file = ['5,1378,1,9', '2,1,4,5'] > str='' > for item in file: > j=0 > while(j<len(item)): > while(item[j] != ','): > str+=item[j] > j=j+1 > if(j>= len(item)): break > > if(str != ''): > L.append(float(str)) > str = '' > > j=j+1 > > print L > But I'm not sure this is an elegant pythonic way of coding :-)
Example: In [21]: '5,1378,1,9'.split(',') Out[21]: ['5', '1378', '1', '9'] So, instead of doing that while-based traversal and parsing of `item`, just split it like above, and use a for loop on it. It's much more elegant and pythonic. HTH, Karlo. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list