[portland] Array writing question from landscape ecologist
Ray Parrish
crp at cmc.net
Sat Mar 13 12:55:52 CET 2010
John Naylor wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net>
>
>
>>> for line in data4:
>>> outfile.write(','.join([str(item) for item in line]))
>>>
>
>
>> Could you please explain to me what the ','.join() is doing in your write
>> command?
>>
>
> See here:
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#why-is-join-a-string-method-instead-of-a-list-or-tuple-method
>
> John
>
I know what join does, but why are you appending it's call to a ","
string? That's what I don't understand. I've never seen that used
before. You have it joined to that string with a dot, unless that was a
typo. 8-)
Later, Ray Parrish
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