On 08/11/15 09:11, phamton...@gmail.com wrote:
I am having issue with converting the string into a float because there is a negative, so
only end up with "ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 81.4]"81.4]
The error is right there in the exception: you are trying to cast
'81.4]' - that's a square bracket in the string.
You are also removing the negative sign from your number before casting
with your slice
this will fix it - change line:
long1 = long[1:]
to:
long1 = long[:-1]
test:
>>> TXT="[41.3, -81.4]\t6\t2011-08-28 19:02:28\tyay. little league
world series!"
>>> float( TXT.split('\t')[0].split(', ')[1][:-1] )
-81.4
pd
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