> what i know (chapter 7 of the tutorial): > 1) first, to open a txt file, i can use open() say: > f = open(*.txt, r) > a user can use the notepad to create the text file so i'll just open > it for reading. my problem now would be on reading the contents of the > file.
OK So far > 2) f.read(size), since my data ranges from 0-1200, size = 2 for each read. you probably want to read it line by line, either using readline or the simpler: for line in f: > 3) should i do this: > for data in range (1, 96,1): > f.read(2) Nope, read is way too complicated. > 4) since f.read() returns string, how would i convert this back to > decimal value, since i would need the decimal value for the serial > part. You can convert a string to a floating point number using the float() function. HTH Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
