save following code in script.py, and run it as 'python script.py
<your-data-file>'
with your sample data this prints out following which is what you are looking
for (i think)
3.08333 9.05526 3.13581
4.08322 4.02526 3.95891
========================================================
import sys
data = []
row = []
fh = open(sys.argv[1])
for line in fh:
line = line.strip()
if not line or line.startswith('....'):
continue
if line.startswith('X'):
if row:
data.append(row)
row = []
continue
row.append(line.split()[1])
if row:
data.append(row)
for i in data:
print ' '.join(i)
=====================================
good luck.
Edwin
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Hi,
it's me again with tons of questions. I hava an input file structured
like this:
X XYData-1
1. 3.08333
2. 9.05526
3. 3.13581
.......
X XYData-2
1. 4.08322
2. 4.02526
3. 3.95891
...............
i want to format it so i only get the second column, in order to place
it in a mxn matrix. Let's say i want this:
number1 number2 number3
number4 number5 number6
i hope it is not too hard to do. Any help greatly apreciated. Thanks,
Victor
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