* Washakie Wyoming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070415 14:25]:
> Thank you both! That seems to make my code much more clear... I thought
> it was foolish writing files, but I just couldn't determine how to
> parse the data!
>
> Kent, one thing, regarding:
> x = []
> t = []
> for l in data[stind:-1]:
> l = l.split() # Split on whitespace
> tval = float(l[0])
> t.append(tval)
> xval = float(l[24])
> x.append(xval)
>
> note that I had to change to [stind:-1] I believe I must have a blank
> line at the end of the file...
That depends upon the platform. Under Unix, files are meant to be
ending in a \n, so you get an empty line at the end. But nobody
enforces that.
So personally, I'd probably add something like this to the loop:
l = l.split()
if not l:
continue
This way the loop ignores empty lines.
Andreas
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