What I've got is def stu_scores(): lines = [] with open("file.txt") as f: lines.extend(f.readlines()) return ("".join(lines[11:]))
scores = stu_scores() for line in scores: fields = line.split() name = fields[0] sum1 = int(fields[4]) + int(fields[5]) + int(fields[6]) sum2 = int(fields[7]) + int(fields[8]) average1 = sum1 / 3.0 average2 = sum2 / 2.0 print ("%s %f %f %") (name, average1, average2) It says that the list index is out of range on the sum1 line. I need stu_scores because the table from above starts on line 11. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list