Hello All,
I have a tab separated input file (data.txt) in text format - the file
looks like this
SCHOOL DEPART1 DEPART2 DEPART3
Harvard Economics Mathematics Physics
Stanford Mathematics Physics
Berkeley Physics
U.C.L.A Biology Genetics
I have to utilize Python and to generate four files based on my input
file. The files would have this structure:
First File
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Filename: Harvard.txt
Harvard
>> Economics
>> Mathematics
>> Physics
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Second File
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Filename: Stanford.txt
Stanford
>> Mathematics
>> Physics
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The same pattern would follow for files 3 and 4.
I came up with this code,
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#! python # -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
InputFILENAME = "data.txt" #Name of the data fule containg all records
OutputFileExtension = ".txt" #File extension of output files
for line in open(InputFILENAME):
SCHOOL, DEPART1, DEPART2, DEPART3 = line.split('\t')
f = open(SCHOOL.strip() + OutputFileExtension, "w+")
f.write("" +SCHOOL.strip() +"\n")
f.write(">> " +DEPART1.strip() +"\n")
f.write(">> " +DEPART2.strip() +"\n")
f.write(">> " +DEPART3.strip() +"\n")
f.close() #InputFILENAME
# end
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I am having problems as the program will not work if all three DEPART
values are not present. If I populate all DEPART values for all records
program functions without issues.
When I run the check module, I get the following:
>>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Documents and
Settings\administrator\Desktop\code\test\testcode.py", line 8, in ?
SCHOOL, DEPART1, DEPART2, DEPART3 = line.split('\t')
ValueError: need more than 3 values to unpack
>>>
How do I solve this problem and change the program so it does not stop
if a data record has less than three DEPART values.
Thanks for your help!
Elezar
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