The following code ############## import string MyList=['abc','def'] for i in MyList: print i ###############
works as I expect that is I get abc def but when I have Mylist in a file and I read it from the file it does not work as I expect. ######### import string ff=open('C:\\Robotp\\MyFile.txt','r') # read MyList from a file MyList=ff.read() for i in MyList: print i ########### I will get [ ' a b c ' , ' d e f ' ] where my MyFile.txt looks like this: ['abc','def'] Where is a problem? Thanks for help Lad -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list