On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:36:58 -0400, Shawn Minisall wrote: > With the multiple value lines, python says this "ValueError: too many > values to unpack" > > I've googled it and it says that happens when you have too few or too > many strings that don't match with the variables in number your trying > to assign them too. Below are the lines in reading in: > > line 3 - 19.18 29.15 78.75 212.10 > line 4 - 100 20 410.29 > > And this is the code I'm using: > > #read withdrawls from file on line3 > line = infile.readline() > > #split withdrawls up > withdraw1, withdraw2, withdraw3, withdraw4 = string.split(line, "\t") > > #read deposits from file on line4 > line = infile.readline() > #split deposits up > deposit1, deposit2, deposit3 = string.split(line, "\t") > > I have 4 strings to match line 3 and 3 to match the 3 on line 4...any > thoughts?
First thought is to find out which of the two lines triggers the exception. This information is part of the full traceback. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list