mcg wrote: > Investigating python day 1: > > Data in file: > x y > 1 2 > 3 4 > 5 6 > > > Want to read file into an array of pairs. > > in c: scanf("%d %d",&x,&y)---store x y in array, loop. > > How do I do this in python?? > In the actual application, the pairs are floating pt i.e. -1.003 >
Either do what the other posters wrote, or if you really like scanf try the following Python module: Scanf --- a pure Python scanf-like module http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/scanf/ Bye, Dennis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list