Hi
import string import re accumulator = [] pattern = '(\S*)\s*(\S*)\s*(\S*)' for each text file in dir openfile and read into text data = re.compile(pattern, re.IGNORECASE).findall(text) accumulator = accumulator + data gives a list of tuples which when printed looks like ('jack', 'bony', 'J') ('sam', 'lee', 'S') ... how can I get the output in the formate jack bony J sam lee S ... thank you -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list