[2.5] Reading a two-column file into an array?

[Gilles Ganault]

Hello

I'm sure there's a much easier way to read a two-column, CSV file into
an array, but I haven't found it in Google.

Should I use the Array module instead?

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a = []
i = 0

#item<TAB>item< CRLF>
p = re.compile("^(. +)\t(.+)$")

for line in textlines:
m = p.search(line)
if m:
a[i,0] = m.group(1)
a[i,1] = m.group(2)
i = i + 1

for i in a.count:
for j in 2:
print a[i,j]
=======

Thank you.

[Erik Max Francis]

Gilles Ganault wrote:

I'm sure there's a much easier way to read a two-column, CSV file into
an array, but I haven't found it in Google.

Should I use the Array module instead?

The csv module? Or just .rstrip and .split?

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[Nagarajan]

On Jul 31, 9:03 am, Gilles Ganault <nos...@nospam. comwrote:

Hello

I'm sure there's a much easier way to read a two-column, CSV file into
an array, but I haven't found it in Google.

Should I use the Array module instead?

=========
a = []
i = 0

#item<TAB>item< CRLF>
p = re.compile("^(. +)\t(.+)$")

for line in textlines:
m = p.search(line)
if m:
a[i,0] = m.group(1)
a[i,1] = m.group(2)
i = i + 1

for i in a.count:
for j in 2:
print a[i,j]
=======

Thank you.

a = []
import csv
reader = csv.reader(open ("filename", "r"), delimiter='\t' )
for row in reader:
a.append( row )

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I don't think you can have multidimensiona l arrays.
Did you test you program? It did not work for me.
I think mine would suit your requirements as the output is a list of
lists.

[Jay Loden]

Nagarajan wrote:

On Jul 31, 9:03 am, Gilles Ganault <nos...@nospam. comwrote:

>Hello

I'm sure there's a much easier way to read a two-column, CSV file into
an array, but I haven't found it in Google.

Should I use the Array module instead?

[...snip]

a = []
import csv
reader = csv.reader(open ("filename", "r"), delimiter='\t' )
for row in reader:
a.append( row )

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I don't think you can have multidimensiona l arrays.
Did you test you program? It did not work for me.
I think mine would suit your requirements as the output is a list of
lists.

I am similarly confused as to the nature of the original request, but for completeness' sake, I went by the same assumption of building a list of lists, and came up with this (which does not use the csv module). Nagarajan's code is more concise and just as readable IMO, but here's my take anyway:

a = []
b = []
handle = open(filename, 'r')

for line in handle.xreadlin es():
col1,col2 = line.split('\t' )
a.append(col1)
b.append(col2)

columns = [a, b]

-Jay

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:57:17 -0700, Nagarajan wrote:

a = []
import csv
reader = csv.reader(open ("filename", "r"), delimiter='\t' )
for row in reader:
a.append( row )

I would keep a reference to the file to close it properly and the loop can
be replaced by a call to `list()`:

import csv

def main():
data_file = open('filename' , 'rb')
a = list(csv.reader (data_file, delimiter='\t') )
data_file.close ()

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

[Alex Martelli]

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj****@gmx.net wrote:

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:57:17 -0700, Nagarajan wrote:

a = []
import csv
reader = csv.reader(open ("filename", "r"), delimiter='\t' )
for row in reader:
a.append( row )

I would keep a reference to the file to close it properly and the loop can
be replaced by a call to `list()`:

import csv

def main():
data_file = open('filename' , 'rb')
a = list(csv.reader (data_file, delimiter='\t') )
data_file.close ()

That's what 2.5's with statement is all about...:

from __future__ import with_statement

def main():
with open('filename' , 'rb') as f:
return list(csv.reader (f, delimiter='\t') )
Alex

[Gilles Ganault]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:41:45 -0700, al***@mac.com (Alex Martelli)
wrote:

>That's what 2.5's with statement is all about...:

Thanks everyone. Python power :-)

from __future__ import with_statement
import csv

with open('import.cs v', 'rb') as f:
for item in list(csv.reader (f, delimiter='\t') ):
print item[0] + "," + item[1]