About the piece of code you posted, there is something I don't
understand.
for i, line in data:
where data is a file object. Is it legal to write that?
I believe it results in "too many values to unpack" or do I miss
something?
/Ben
On Dec 4, 10:26 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Matt, really thanks for your comments!
> Even thogh it was not a direct answer to my questions,
> I like your coding style very much and I think you have a good point.
>
> About the number of line in the file, because I get that info from
> another
> in advance. Therefore I thought it could be hard coded.
>
> BTW, could you recommend a book or a note on points you have mentioned
> so that I can learn more like that?
>
> Thanks,
> /Ben
>
> > # this is just bad style in python:
> > line = fil.next(); spl = line.split()
> > # better written
> > spl = fil.next().split()
>
> > I would just do it this way:
>
> > def read_as_list(data, regions=25, maxlines=20000):
> > # If data is a filename, open the file. If it is a file
> > # object or any sequence of 'lines' it should just work.
>
> > file_opened = False
> > if isinstance(data, basestring):
> > data = open(data, 'r')
> > file_opened = True
>
> > forces = [[] for _ in xrange(regions)]
> > try:
> > for i, line in data:
> > if i == maxlines:
> > break
> > forces[i % 25].append(line.split())
> > finally:
> > if file_opened:
> > f.close()
> > return forces
>
> > Matt
>
>
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