On Sep 8, 3:49 pm, Maggie <la.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 8, 3:29 pm, Maggie <la.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Building on the code that I posted in one of the previous posts.. I
> > need to find a cumulative sum of the file of the times in the test
> > file:
>
> > here is the code i have:
>
> > #!/usr/bin/python
>
> > import os.path
>
> > #name of output file
> > filename = "OUTPUT.txt"
>
> > #open the file
> > test = open ("test.txt", "rU")
>
> > #read in all the data into a list
> > readData = test.readlines()
>
> > count = 0
>
> > FILE = open(filename, "w")
>
> > for item in readData:
>
> > count = count + 1
> > tmp_string = str(count) + ' ' + item
> > print >> FILE, tmp_string,
>
> > else:
> > print 'The loop is finito'
>
> > -----
>
> > my test file is this
>
> > 23
> > 241
> > 34234
> > 83
> > 123
>
> > and I need to find a CUMULATIVE sum (or the running sum)...what would
> > be the best way to go about that given the code i already have?
>
> > thank you all!
>
> ---
>
> was trying to plug in the sum for the loop..but for some reason it
> doesnt want to work --
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> import os.path
>
> #name of output file
> filename = "OUTPUT.txt"
>
> #open the file
> formisano = open ("test.txt", "rU")
>
> #read in all the data into a list
> readData = formisano.readlines()
>
> sum = 0
> count = 0
>
> FILE = open(filename, "w")
>
> for item in readData:
>
> count = count + 1
> sum = sum + (int(item) * int(item))
> tmp_string = str(count) + ' ' + item + ' '+ sum
> print >> FILE, tmp_string,
>
> else:
> print 'The loop is finito'
sorry...typo in code:
tmp_string = str(count) + ' ' + str(sum) + ' ' + item
any suggestions are welcome
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