adding items from a text file to a list

[Emile van Sebille]

"toflat" <toflatpy2 at oaktown.org> wrote in message
news:48dbc3f6.0110301612.e0f863c at posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this is a bit of a no-brainer question...
>
> I have a text file with a list of data items.
>
> ex:
>
> pickle (fruit or veggie?)
> pickled eggs (just plain strange)
> seinfeld (funny show)
> yada yada (yada)
>
> What I want to do is add each item in the file to a python list. The
> thing that is eluding me is how to leave out the comments. I need it
> to scan in the item, skip anything in parenthsis then proceed to the
> next line.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>

How about split()[0]?

HTH,

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Emile van Sebille
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