On Sunday, July 6, 2014 4:05:10 AM UTC-5, gintare wrote: > The correct code: > f=open(<snip-path>,'r', encoding='utf-8') > linef=f.readlines() > print(repr(linef))
Yes but do you understand why? And even if you DO understand why, you should explain the details because the neophytes are always watching! >_> <_< o_O? ...what, me worry? Now don't misunderstand me, i am happy that you took the time to report to us that you found the answer! Yes, nothing is more aggravating than writing a long, thoughtful, and elegant answer, and then have the OP come back and say: "Oh i found the answer, but thanks anyway" But really, kudos to you for at least making the effort to report. Because the only thing worse than a report without context is no report at all! Indeed, then we end up with unresolved threads and our community mojo suffers.... but i digress! Now, we must explain WHY this new code works, and WHY the old code failed. SIMPLE! "file.readlines()" returns a list, with each value of the list representing a line of the file. Nothing wrong with using "readlines()" of course, UNTIL you try to pass the value of "readlines" into the "print()" function, ah-aH-AH! So the direct reason for failure is due to the fact that the "print()" function ONLY handles strings, not list objects. So in light of this problem there are a few solutions: 1. Cast the list into a string, which you did using the "repr()" function, although you can also use the "str()" function, or use "string formatting" if formatting makes sense (in this case formatting does not make sense). 2. Use a different method of the file object which returns a string instead of a "list-of-lines". Your code seems to make no use of "line-ified-data-structures", so why burn cycles creating one? PS: We could use a few more members of the female persuasion in this community, so thanks for dropping by and hope to see you posting in the future! We desperately need something "fair" to offset the reeking of smelly socks, stinky armpits, and the stomach churning *stench* of illogical naming conventions! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list