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[Steve Holden]

Tim Chase wrote:
>> f = open("/tmp/data.txt", 'w')
>>
>> will open that file.
>>
>> You can throw the first line away with
>>
>> headings = f.next()
>>
>> Then you can loop over the rest with
>>
>> for name, aa, topo, access, dssp, stride, z in file:
>>      #
>>      # Then process each line here
> 
> 
> Small caveat here...Steve changed file-variables on you here, and 
> assumed a tuple-unpacking that won't work.  You'll want something like
> 
>   for line in f:
>     (name, aa, topo, access, dssp, stride, z) = (
>     line.rstrip('\n').split('\t')
>     # process the line here
> 
> I don't know how your fields are delimited, whether by spaces or tabs.  
> In the above code, I split by tabs, but you can just use .split() if it 
> should be split on any white-space.  It's a bit more complex if you need 
> to split by column-offsets.
> 
Hmm, perhaps I shoudl wait until I get my brain fixed before I post 
again! Sorry, Tim, I got distracted and shouldn't have tried to dash off 
the post before coping with the distraction. Just a minor flood in the 
basement ...

regards
  Steve
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