help with python difference between number

[MRAB]

On 2019-01-15 14:07, achyuta2017 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 	M <01/14/2019 08:07:01> Count:0
> Total:50
> Free: 20
> A
> B
>          M <01/14/2019 08:07:04> Count:1
> Total:5
> Free:10
> A
> B
> M <01/14/2019 08:07:07> Count:2
> Total:5
> Free:3
> A
> B
> 
> 
> I am trying to make a output like where it prints the free and then the difference between the current free and previous free
> For e.g
> 
> M <01/14/2019 08:07:01> Count:0  Free: 20
> M <01/14/2019 08:07:04> Count:1  Free: 10  absolute difference between time and prev time is -10
> M <01/14/2019 08:07:07> Count:2  Free: 3   absolute difference between time and prev time is -7
> 
> 
> And then later on i need to determine the time when we had the most negative free value.
> 
> 
> I tried a code like this
> Which printed
>   with open("summ4.txt") as f:
> # get first line/number
> nxt = int(next(f))
> for n in f:
>      print("absolute difference between {} and {} = {}"
>            .format(n.rstrip(), nxt, abs(int(nxt) - int(n))))
>      # set nxt equal to the next number
>      nxt = int(next(f,0))
>     a=open('summ1.txt','r').readlines()
>     b=open('summ3.txt','r').readlines()
>      with open('summ.txt','w') as out:
>        for i in range(0,365):
> print>>out,a[i].rstrip(),b[i]
> 
> 
> I hit error as
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> 								File "3.py", line 39, in <module>
> 							   .format(n.rstrip(), nxt, abs(int(nxt) - int(n))))
> 								ValueError: zero length field name in format
> 
> I guess my input file has a tab in the start and not able to get a difference rightly.
> .
> Any pointers on how to achieve the desired result?
> 
You didn't say Which version of Python you're using.

The "print>>" tells me that it's Python 2.

It's complaining about the '{}' in the format string.

Format strings were introduced in Python 2.6 and auto-numbering ('{}' 
allowed instead of '{0}') was introduced in Python 2.7.

As it's complaining about a missing field name in '{}', it must be 
Python 2.6, which is ancient!

And Python 2.7 reaches its end of life soon.

You should switch to Python 3 unless you have a very good reason for 
staying on Python 2, and, if you must use Python 2, use Python 2.7.