Hi all, Sorry, newbie question:
I have database in a plain text file (could be .txt or .dat, it's the same) that I need to read in python in order to do some data validation. In other files I read this kind of files with the split() method, reading line by line. But split() relies on a separator character (I think... all I know is that it's work OK). I have a case now in wich another file has been provided (besides the database) that tells me in wich column of the file is every variable, because there isn't any blank or tab character that separates the variables, they are stick together. This second file specify the variable name and his position: VARIABLE NAME POSITION (COLUMN) IN FILE var_name_1 123-123 var_name_2 124-125 var_name_3 126-126 .. .. var_name_N 512-513 (last positions) How can I read this so each position in the file it's associated with each variable name? Thanks a lot!! Javier -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
