On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Maggie<la.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 6, 4:19 am, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Maggie<la.f...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Sep 6, 3:58 am, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:54 AM, hrishy<hris...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > Hi >> >> >> > sum = 0 >> >> > for item in readData: >> >> > try: >> >> > sum += int(item) >> >> > except ValueError: >> >> > print "Oops! That was no valid number. Instead it was:", item >> >> >> > So you mean to say this would ignore the bad data and continue >> >> > processing ? >> >> >> Yes. A new "try" happens every loop iteration since the "try" is >> >> within the loop body. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris >> >> --http://blog.rebertia.com >> >> > Wow, thanks for your suggestions, Chris. Exceptions are really >> > useful.. >> > when i try running the script now I get a whole bunch of errors like >> > this one -- >> >> > [jodorowskys-macbook-pro:~/desktop/formisano_replication] Jodorowsky% >> > python test1.py >> > That was not a valid number. Instead it was: {\rtf1\ansi >> > \ansicpg1252\cocoartf949\cocoasubrtf540 >> >> > That was not a valid number. Instead it was: {\fonttbl\f0\fswiss >> > \fcharset0 Helvetica;} >> >> > That was not a valid number. Instead it was: {\colortbl; >> > \red255\green255\blue255;} >> >> > That was not a valid number. Instead it was: >> > \margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0 >> >> > That was not a valid number. Instead it was: \pard >> > \tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\ql >> > \qnatural\pardirnatural >> >> > That was not a valid number. Instead it was: \f0\fs24 \cf0 32 123 231 >> > 432 12} >> >> > ------------- >> >> > why is it reading in all of the above? and how do I fix it and avoid >> > it in the future? >> >> Your file appears to be saved in Rich Text Format (RTF) rather than >> plain text (.TXT), hence Python is seeing all the formatting >> gibberish. >> Re-save it in the correct file format and try again. >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> --http://blog.rebertia.com > > the problem is - it is saved as a .txt and not in .rtf.. which is why > this error seems so bizarre..!
The first thing you should understand about files- those extensions are absolutely meaningless. All they do is tell your OS which program to use to open it. When it boils down to it, every file is just a collection of 1s and 0s. Just because your file says ".txt" does not mean that it is a plain text file. Open up TextEdit and go to Format -> Make Plain Text and then save it again. ] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
