> strings = islice(data2, 0, len(data), 2) > numbers = islice(data2, 1, len(data), 2)
This probably has to be: strings = islice(data2, 0, len(data2), 2) numbers = islice(data2, 1, len(data2), 2) Sorry, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list