Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-14 Thread Dave Angel
On 07/13/2012 05:09 AM, susana moreno colomer wrote: > > > Hi! > I am sorry, but still I don't get it! 1) please don't top-post. Put your new comments AFTER the part you're quoting. Or don't bother quoting, if you think your stuff stands alone. 2) please do a Reply-all, or equivalent. Anyway

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-13 Thread Prasad, Ramit
Please always reply to the list! > > Hi! > I am sorry, but still I don't get it! > I am trying with this (the code is attached) > > csv_out=csv.writer(open('out1.csv', 'wb'), delimiter=' ', > quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL, dialect='excel') > and > csv_out=csv.writer(open('out1.csv', 'wb'), dialect='exce

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-13 Thread susana moreno colomer
27;), dialect='excel-tab') When I open out1 with text editor, I get 6 columns, but when I open it with excel I get one column (6 numbers on each cell, how can I separate it it???) The files from wich I get the columns are txt files. Many thanks!! Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-13 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Marc Tompkins wrote: > Reply to the group, please! > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:09 AM, susana moreno colomer > wrote: >> >> >> Hi! >> I am sorry, but still I don't get it! >> I am trying with this (the code is attached) >> >> csv_out=csv.writer(open('out1.csv', '

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-13 Thread Marc Tompkins
Reply to the group, please! On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:09 AM, susana moreno colomer < susana...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi! > I am sorry, but still I don't get it! > I am trying with this (the code is attached) > > csv_out=csv.writer(open('out1.csv', 'wb'), delimiter=' ', > quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL,

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-13 Thread Marc Tompkins
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:36 PM, susana moreno colomer < susana...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > I am trying this, but still I get 6 numbers per cell. The only one > difference is that I get a comma between numbers instead an space. > I am opening the document also with excel > Many thanks, > Susa

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread susana moreno colomer
Hi! I am trying this, but still I get 6 numbers per cell. The only one difference is that I get a comma between numbers instead an space. I am opening the document also with excel Many thanks, Susana Subject: Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file From: dfjenni...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 12

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Prasad, Ramit
> >> csv_out=csv.writer(open('out14.csv', 'wb'), dialect='excel') > > > > The default dialect is excel but it is important to also open > > the file using Excel as it may default to a text editor. > > In the context we're talking about here this makes no sense to me so can > you please explain. >

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Mark Lawrence
Sorry if this shows up twice On 12/07/2012 17:18, Prasad, Ramit wrote: csv_out=csv.writer(open('out14.csv', 'wb'), dialect='excel') The default dialect is excel but it is important to also open the file using Excel as it may default to a text editor. In the context we're talking about here

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 7/12/2012 9:06 AM susana moreno colomer said... Hi! This code is working fine! The only one little thing is that the 6 columns appear together in one column, what means, in eac cell I get 6 numbers. How can I get tit in 6 excel columns? You're creating a list (output) with only one column

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Prasad, Ramit
>> Hi! >> This code is working fine! >> The only one little thing is that the 6 columns appear togetherĀ in one >> column, what means, in eac cell I get 6 numbers. How can I get tit in 6 >> excel columns? > Programming is hard, so don't feel bad that I'm having to tell you again to > specify the

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Don Jennings
On Jul 12, 2012, at 12:06 PM, susana moreno colomer wrote: > > Hi! > This code is working fine! > The only one little thing is that the 6 columns appear together in one > column, what means, in eac cell I get 6 numbers. How can I get tit in 6 excel > columns? Programming is hard, so don't fee

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread susana moreno colomer
Hi! This code is working fine! The only one little thing is that the 6 columns appear together in one column, what means, in eac cell I get 6 numbers. How can I get tit in 6 excel columns? Many thanks, Susana Subject: Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file From: dfjenni...@gmail.com Date

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Don Jennings
On Jul 12, 2012, at 11:10 AM, susana moreno colomer wrote: > Hi! > It is attached on the email, called myprogram.txt and, here are the contents of that file: > #! /usr/bin/env python > > > import os > import fnmatch > import csv > > > path = '//../my_working_folder/' > csv_out=csv.writer(op

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread susana moreno colomer
Hi! It is attached on the email, called myprogram.txt Thank you! Subject: Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file From: dfjenni...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:07:53 -0400 CC: tutor@python.org To: susana...@hotmail.com On Jul 12, 2012, at 10:55 AM, susana moreno colomer wrote: Hi

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Don Jennings
On Jul 12, 2012, at 10:55 AM, susana moreno colomer wrote: > Hi! > > I have a group of files in a directory: > bb_1.txt > bb_2.txt > bb_3.txt > bb_4.txt > bb_5.txt > bb_6.txt > ss_1.txt > > I want to extract from files whose names start with bb_ column number 5 > to an excel file. I have

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread susana moreno colomer
code is working,with the following errors: I get the data in only one column, instead of six Many thanks! Subject: Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file From: dfjenni...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:26:30 -0400 CC: tutor@python.org To: susana...@hotmail.com Oops! Still you forgot to

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Don Jennings
Oops! Still you forgot to cc: the tutor list. It's really important because if someone (like me, for instance) steers you in the wrong direction, others will jump in with corrections. On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:48 AM, susana moreno colomer wrote: > Hi! > Many thanks! You're welcome. I see that you

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-12 Thread Don Jennings
(Please use reply all so the message gets posted for all to see :>) On Jul 12, 2012, at 7:14 AM, susana moreno colomer wrote: > Hi! > Many thanks for your help. > Now I am trying this, but I get a blank excel document Not surprising as there are several errors in your code. In fact, I'm surprise

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-11 Thread Prasad, Ramit
> I have a group of files in a directory. > I want to extract from files whose names start with bb_ column number 5 to > an excel file. I have 6 bb_ files, therefore I want to get 6 columns (5th > column from each file) > This code is working,with the following errors: > * I get the data in o

Re: [Tutor] get columns from txt file

2012-07-11 Thread Don Jennings
On Jul 11, 2012, at 10:21 AM, tutor-requ...@python.org wrote: > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:20:05 +0200 > From: susana moreno colomer > To: > Subject: [Tutor] get columns from txt file > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi! > > I have a group o