> -----Original Message----- > On > Behalf Of Bryan Fodness > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:54 PM > To: tutorpythonmailinglist Python > Subject: [Tutor] string from input file > > I am trying to get values from an input file, > > 0.192 > Custom > 15 > IN > > but, when I check to see if they are equal it is not true. > > f = open(infile, 'r') > s = f.readlines() > f.close() > > Block = str(s[1]) > Angle = float(s[2]) > Position = str(s[3]) > > if Block == 'Custom': > print 'equal' > > if I print Block+'Custom', I get, > > Custom > Custom > > when I would have expected > > CustomCustom > > Can someone help me figure out if I am not reading the > values in correctly, is there a control character at the end? > The float value is ok.
Your string has a line ending in it, so it doesn't match. It's essentially "Custom\n". Just use a slice to remove the line ending character(\n). Also, I don't think you need to convert s[1] to a string. I think it's already a string. Block = s[1][:-1] In [1]: x = "Custom\n" In [2]: y = x[:-1] In [3]: y Out[3]: 'Custom' Mike _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
