can python do this?

[Ken Seehof]

Thomas Weholt wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:39:23 +1000, "Jason" <it at onestopent.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> >> import string
> >> file = open ("file")
> >> lines = file.readlines()
> >> for line in lines:
> >>     pair = string.split(line,":")
> >>     print pair[0] +": "+ `string.split(string.strip(pair[1]),",")`
> >> file.close()
>
> The line :
>
> file = open("file")
>
> change "file" to the complete path of your text-file, like if your
> file resides in c:\temp\music.txt, change it to :
>
> file = open("c:\\temp\\music.txt")
>
> And YES, the double backslashes are needed, or the \t in \temp is
> interpreted as TAB. Just change that and run the script from PythonWin
> or IDLE. They both come with Python, or eh ... at least IDLE does.
>
> Thomas

Or put an r before the string to neutralize the backslashes:

  file = open(r"c:\temp\music.txt")

BTW, you can use forward slashes instead of backslashes if you want.

  file = open("c:/temp/music.txt")

This is a portability feature.  I'm pretty sure the converse, backslashes
in unix, works too.

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