On Saturday 2011 April 09 15:12, Tyler Glembo wrote: > Hi All, > So I have a ~3000 line fortran code that needs to be updated to run new > files by simply updating a few lines in the code (~10 lines). I thought > python would be a great way to do so since I know a little python but not > fortran. So, my plan was to read in each line, and then at a certain line > number, write out the changed code. A short snippet is as follows: > > dest= open( f1, "w" ) > source= open( f2, "r" ) > for line in source: > if X: > dest.write( newline + "\n" ) > else: > dest.write( line ) > dest.close() > source.close() > > The problem I am having is with hidden/invisible character. In the fortran > code, there are line indents which are denoted with an invisible character > ^I. When I write with python, there is no ^I at the beginning of the line > and the fortran code no longer compiles. I know how to put in the > invisible line return character (\n), but how can I put in other invisible > characters? > > Thank you kindly, > Tyler > > P.S. In VI when I "set invlist" the hidden character ^I shows up in blue at > the beginning of the line in place of 4 red spaces that are normally there. > I'm assuming it is like a tab indent, but I don't know what it is.
It is a tab. -- I have seen the future and I am not in it. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
