That depends: What do you want when you have these two files:
file 1: a b c file 2: 1 2 3 4 5 Options: *['a',1,'b',2,'c',3,None,4,None,5] *['a',1,'b',2,'c',3,4,5] *['a',1,'b',2,'c',3] *Throw an exception And what if file 1 has more lines than file 2? Cheers, Cliff 1 On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 09:50:51PM +0530, Beema shafreen wrote regarding two files into an alternate list: > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:50:51 +0530 > From: "Beema shafreen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: two files into an alternate list > Precedence: list > List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language > <python-list.python.org> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list> > List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org> > List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Subscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > hi everybody , > i have a file : > file 1: > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > file2: > a > b > c > d > e > f > how do i make the two files into list like this = > [1,a,2,b,3,c,4,d,5,e,6,f] > regards > shafreen > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list