digz wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to convert a | delimited file to fixed width by right
padding with spaces, Here is how I have written the program , just get
the feeling this can be done in a much better ( python functional )
way rather than the procedural code i have below . Any help
appreciated
#!/usr/bin/python
def rightFill(fillString, toLength, fillChar):
return fillString+''.join([fillChar for x in range(len
(fillString),toLength)])
fieldWidth=[ 14, 6, 18, 21, 21,4, 6 ];
file = open("/home/chatdi/input.csv", "r");
lines = file.readlines()
file.close()
out = open( "/home/chatdi/ouptut.csv", 'w')
for line in lines:
line = line[:-1]
index = 0
for token in line.split('|'):
paddedToken = rightFill(token, fieldWidth[index], ' ' )
out.write( paddedToken )
index = index + 1
out.write("\n")
Here's my version:
#!/usr/bin/python
field_widths = [14, 6, 18, 21, 21, 4, 6]
out = open("/home/chatdi/ouptut.csv", 'w')
for line in open("/home/chatdi/input.csv", "r"):
fields = line.rstrip().split('|')
padded_fields = [field.ljust(width) for field, width in zip(fields,
field_widths)]
out.write("".join(padded_fields) + "\n")
out.close()
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