Assigning variables to parts of a text file
I have a line from a text file that goes as follows:
[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC
I am trying to assign different parts of this line to specific variables with this code:
latitude = 0
longitude = 0
unused1 = 0
unused2 = 0
unused3 = 0
tweetWordList =
for line in tweetFile:
line = line.rstrip()
longitude,latitude,unused1,unused2,unused3,tweetWordList = line.split()
I am trying to get the chunk of text from the tweet into the tweetWordList but I get an error saying that there are too many values to unpack. How do I divide this line so that the writing goes into the list I created?
I already read in the file and the rest of the program to this point works fine.
python parsing
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I have a line from a text file that goes as follows:
[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC
I am trying to assign different parts of this line to specific variables with this code:
latitude = 0
longitude = 0
unused1 = 0
unused2 = 0
unused3 = 0
tweetWordList =
for line in tweetFile:
line = line.rstrip()
longitude,latitude,unused1,unused2,unused3,tweetWordList = line.split()
I am trying to get the chunk of text from the tweet into the tweetWordList but I get an error saying that there are too many values to unpack. How do I divide this line so that the writing goes into the list I created?
I already read in the file and the rest of the program to this point works fine.
python parsing
Read the docs about modulere
(regular expressions), play around with them a bit and you should find a way.
– Michael Butscher
Nov 12 '18 at 22:25
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I have a line from a text file that goes as follows:
[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC
I am trying to assign different parts of this line to specific variables with this code:
latitude = 0
longitude = 0
unused1 = 0
unused2 = 0
unused3 = 0
tweetWordList =
for line in tweetFile:
line = line.rstrip()
longitude,latitude,unused1,unused2,unused3,tweetWordList = line.split()
I am trying to get the chunk of text from the tweet into the tweetWordList but I get an error saying that there are too many values to unpack. How do I divide this line so that the writing goes into the list I created?
I already read in the file and the rest of the program to this point works fine.
python parsing
I have a line from a text file that goes as follows:
[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC
I am trying to assign different parts of this line to specific variables with this code:
latitude = 0
longitude = 0
unused1 = 0
unused2 = 0
unused3 = 0
tweetWordList =
for line in tweetFile:
line = line.rstrip()
longitude,latitude,unused1,unused2,unused3,tweetWordList = line.split()
I am trying to get the chunk of text from the tweet into the tweetWordList but I get an error saying that there are too many values to unpack. How do I divide this line so that the writing goes into the list I created?
I already read in the file and the rest of the program to this point works fine.
python parsing
python parsing
edited Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
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asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:21
Marco Aiello
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Read the docs about modulere
(regular expressions), play around with them a bit and you should find a way.
– Michael Butscher
Nov 12 '18 at 22:25
add a comment |
Read the docs about modulere
(regular expressions), play around with them a bit and you should find a way.
– Michael Butscher
Nov 12 '18 at 22:25
Read the docs about module
re
(regular expressions), play around with them a bit and you should find a way.– Michael Butscher
Nov 12 '18 at 22:25
Read the docs about module
re
(regular expressions), play around with them a bit and you should find a way.– Michael Butscher
Nov 12 '18 at 22:25
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It's because you're splitting on spaces, so all of the text gets split into list items as well. If the formatting is consistent, I'd suggest splitting on list indices:
>>> line = "[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC"
>>> splitline = line.split()
>>> longitude = splitline[0].replace('[', '').replace(',', '')
>>> latitude = splitline[1].replace(']', '')
>>> tweetWordList = ' '.join(splitline[5:])
Alternatively, you could do it with a regex pattern:
>>> import re
>>> latitude, longitude, tweetWordList = re.findall("^[([d.]+), ([d-.]+)] [d] [d]4-[d]2-[d]2 [d]2:[d]2:[d]2 ([A-Za-z0-9 .']+)", line)[0]
You'll need to play around with the regex pattern to match your text properly, but that's the gist of it.
Thank you for the help
– Marco Aiello
Nov 12 '18 at 22:46
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It's because you're splitting on spaces, so all of the text gets split into list items as well. If the formatting is consistent, I'd suggest splitting on list indices:
>>> line = "[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC"
>>> splitline = line.split()
>>> longitude = splitline[0].replace('[', '').replace(',', '')
>>> latitude = splitline[1].replace(']', '')
>>> tweetWordList = ' '.join(splitline[5:])
Alternatively, you could do it with a regex pattern:
>>> import re
>>> latitude, longitude, tweetWordList = re.findall("^[([d.]+), ([d-.]+)] [d] [d]4-[d]2-[d]2 [d]2:[d]2:[d]2 ([A-Za-z0-9 .']+)", line)[0]
You'll need to play around with the regex pattern to match your text properly, but that's the gist of it.
Thank you for the help
– Marco Aiello
Nov 12 '18 at 22:46
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It's because you're splitting on spaces, so all of the text gets split into list items as well. If the formatting is consistent, I'd suggest splitting on list indices:
>>> line = "[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC"
>>> splitline = line.split()
>>> longitude = splitline[0].replace('[', '').replace(',', '')
>>> latitude = splitline[1].replace(']', '')
>>> tweetWordList = ' '.join(splitline[5:])
Alternatively, you could do it with a regex pattern:
>>> import re
>>> latitude, longitude, tweetWordList = re.findall("^[([d.]+), ([d-.]+)] [d] [d]4-[d]2-[d]2 [d]2:[d]2:[d]2 ([A-Za-z0-9 .']+)", line)[0]
You'll need to play around with the regex pattern to match your text properly, but that's the gist of it.
Thank you for the help
– Marco Aiello
Nov 12 '18 at 22:46
add a comment |
It's because you're splitting on spaces, so all of the text gets split into list items as well. If the formatting is consistent, I'd suggest splitting on list indices:
>>> line = "[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC"
>>> splitline = line.split()
>>> longitude = splitline[0].replace('[', '').replace(',', '')
>>> latitude = splitline[1].replace(']', '')
>>> tweetWordList = ' '.join(splitline[5:])
Alternatively, you could do it with a regex pattern:
>>> import re
>>> latitude, longitude, tweetWordList = re.findall("^[([d.]+), ([d-.]+)] [d] [d]4-[d]2-[d]2 [d]2:[d]2:[d]2 ([A-Za-z0-9 .']+)", line)[0]
You'll need to play around with the regex pattern to match your text properly, but that's the gist of it.
It's because you're splitting on spaces, so all of the text gets split into list items as well. If the formatting is consistent, I'd suggest splitting on list indices:
>>> line = "[41.298669629999999, -81.915329330000006] 6 2011-08-28 19:02:36 Work needs to fly by ... I'm so excited to see Spy Kids 4 with then love of my life ... ARREIC"
>>> splitline = line.split()
>>> longitude = splitline[0].replace('[', '').replace(',', '')
>>> latitude = splitline[1].replace(']', '')
>>> tweetWordList = ' '.join(splitline[5:])
Alternatively, you could do it with a regex pattern:
>>> import re
>>> latitude, longitude, tweetWordList = re.findall("^[([d.]+), ([d-.]+)] [d] [d]4-[d]2-[d]2 [d]2:[d]2:[d]2 ([A-Za-z0-9 .']+)", line)[0]
You'll need to play around with the regex pattern to match your text properly, but that's the gist of it.
edited Nov 12 '18 at 22:42
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Thank you for the help
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(regular expressions), play around with them a bit and you should find a way.– Michael Butscher
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