Dave Angel wrote: > > > r0g wrote: >> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:26:58 +0530, 74yrs old <withblessi...@gmail.com> >>> declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: >>> >>> >>>> For Kannada project .txt(not .doc) is used, my requirement is to >>>> have one >>>> >> <snip> >> >>>> In this context, I request you kindly for small python program - to >>>> make or >>>> >>> Excuse me -- you want one of US to supply you with a program that >>> will be used for YOUR entry to some job site? (At least, that's what I >>> seem to be finding for "Kannada project") >>> >>> >> >> >> Well it is only a 2 line program and he did ask nicely after all, if you >> begrudge him it then feel free to not answer, righteous indignation >> rarely helps anyone. >> >> Dear OP... >> >> Put the following 2 lines into a file and save it as spacer.py >> >> import sys >> print ' '.join([e for e in open(sys.argv[1], 'r').read()]) >> >> >> Then open a terminal window and 'cd' to the same folder you just saved >> the spacer.py file in. Type... >> >> python spacer.py inputfile.txt > outputfile.txt >> >> This will run inputfile.txt through the space adding program we have >> just saved and then 'pipe' the output of that into a new file >> outputfile.txt >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> >> Roger Heathcote. >> >> > That seems a bit dangerous to give to a beginner at Python, without > discussing Unicode issues. If he's in Python 3.x, and if the default > encoder is ASCII, which it seems to be most places, then he'll quickly > get a conversion error for some character. And if it's some other 8 bit > form, he might not get an error, but find that a space is inserted > between two of the bytes of a UTF-8 code. > > DaveA >
He said he's running the latest python and fedora, AFAIK the default for these systems is still the 2 series, not 3. Roger. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
