On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:08:02 -0800, John Machin wrote:
>> def write_series(data, f):
>> """Write a time series data to file f.
>>
>> data should be a list of integers.
>> f should be an already opened file-like object.
>> """
>> # Convert data into a string for writing.
>> s = str(data)
>> s = s[1:-1] # strip the leading and trailing [] delimiters
>> s = s.replace(',', '') # delete the commas
>> # Now write it to the file object
>> f.write(s)
>> f.write('\n')
>
> And that's not cruft?
No. Why do you think it is crufty?
Would it be less crufty if I wrote it as a cryptic one liner without
comments?
f.write(str(data)[1:-1].replace(',', '') + '\n')
Okay, it depends on the string conversion of a list. But that's not going
to change any time soon.
> Try this: f.write(' '.join(str(x) for x in data) + '\n')
That will only work in Python 2.5 or better.
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