On 26 fév, 22:08, qtrimble <qtrim...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm a python newbie but I do have some basic scripting experience. I > need to take the line starting with "wer" and extract the year and day > of year from that string. I want to be able to add the year and day > of year from the last line having "wer*" to the lines occurring in > between "wer*" lines. Python seems suitable to do this and I'm fairly > certain I can eventually get this to work but I've been hit with a > very short time frame so I'm looking for any generous help. The data > below is just a sample. There are well over 500,000 lines that need > processed. > > wer1999001 > 31.2234 82.2367 > 37.9535 82.3456 > wer1999002 > 31.2234 82.2367 > 37.9535 82.3456
did you try something as a working basis ? Olivier -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list