Stuck
Fergus M Hayman
shayman at uniserve.com
Wed May 17 20:06:53 EDT 2000
Fergus M Hayman wrote: Thanks I can move on again
Thanks
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> import string
> f = raw_input('Enter file : ')
f = open(f) # oops forgot that line in post
line = f.readline(f)
> while line:
> for i in line:
> line = f.readline()
> if line == "H3':
> print " Region", '\t:', [0:] # Extract
> first item in line H3 ??
> print " District", "\t", [1:]
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> My infile looks like this from a handheld device
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> H1: 9085, FERGUS, HAYMAN
> H2: 71G, NORTHVIEW DLS
> H3: VANCOUVER, CHILLIWACK
> H4: 00100s, 100, SB$. 01
> TILL
> H7: 22000
>
> I Need formatted output something like
>
> Region :
> VANCOUVER
> PAGE 1 OF 1
> DISTRICT:
> CHILLIWACK
> DATE OF SCALE
> Scaled by : FERGUS HAYMAN
>
> SITE SCALER RETURN
> 71G 9085 100
>
> :? Does the f.readline() function automatically put the input
> file into a list ie []
> or a string? I though a list would be right for text
> formatting. and file maniputaltion.
>
> ( I can't figure out how to access say item 71G in H2: and assign
> it a place on a print statement)
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> This is the header first 7 lines i need to be able to slice and dice the
> log data that follows for species,
> volume etc.
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