I should have been more specific. The report needs to be presentable to my users and needs to have rich text type properties (multiple colors, tables, etc) Therefore, I would like to use html if possible.
I didn't know if there was already a report writing type of utility already built using python, so I won't have to reinvent the wheel. Oh. The one other thing I forgot to mention is that the data needs to be already updated every 10 minutes or so automatically. In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > On 2005-07-11, ChrisH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have some data in the following format: > > > > Fred Flintstone,445553454,47634565 > > Wilma Flintstone,74857346,27576847 > > Barney Rubble,73487346,27576435 > > > > I need to convert this data into a report with the user's name and > > difference between the 2 numbers. > > > > Can someone recommend a good way to do this? > > > > BTW, it would be best if I can have it up and running by tomorrow. > > You really oughtn't put off homework assignments until the last > minute. Especially if you don't know how to do them. > > > Also, html would be the preferred format, but not required. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!! > > Hints: > > The string object's "split" method: > http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html > > for line in file('inputfile.txt','r') > > the built-in int() > > the string formatting operator "%": > http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-strings.html > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list