read file into list of lists

[Gerard flanagan]

antar2 wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I can not find out how to read a file into a list of lists. I know how
> to split a text into a list
> 
> sentences = line.split(\n)
> 
> following text for example should be considered as a list of lists (3
> columns and 3 rows), so that when I make the print statement list[0]
> [0], that the word pear appears
> 
> 
> pear noun singular
> books nouns plural
> table noun singular
> 
> Can someone help me?
> 


class Table(object):

     def __init__(self, text=None):
         self.rows = []
         if text:
             self.write(text)

     def write(self, text):
         self.rows.extend(line.split() for line in text.splitlines())

     def read(self):
         return '\n'.join(' '.join(row) for row in self.rows)

     def __getitem__(self, i):
         return self.rows[i]

     def __iter__(self):
         return iter(self.rows)

table = Table()

table.write('apple orange coconut')

print table[0][1]

print table.read()

table.write('clematis rose lily')

print table[1][2]

print table.read()


for row in table:
     print row



(If you have quoted items, it is more difficult)

G.