Glen D souza wrote: > fld = [ ] > data = shlex.split(ln) > for item in data: > fld.append(item) > fld = fld + [0] * (5 - len(data))
There's no need to make a copy of data, one item at the time. It's a tedious way to build a new list, and you are throwing it away in the next line anyway, as adding first_list + second_list creates a new list containing the items of both. So: data = shlex.split(ln) fld = data + [""] * (5 - len(data)) # the OP wants strings -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
