W. Watson wrote: > Thanks. I found this to work: > > input_file=open('junkin.txt','r') > output_file=open('junkout.txt','w') > for (line_cnt, each_line) in enumerate(input_file): > output_file.write('%4d '%(line_cnt+1)+each_line)
You can improve this slightly by using string formatting more fully: output_file.write("%4d %s" % (line_ct+1, each_line)) > output_file.close() > input_file.close() > regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list