Hi im trying to create a list adding to it via a for loop reading line by line from a txt file. Im getting a syntax error on the list but am unsure about how to fix the problem ???
import re
file = open("text.txt","r")
text = file.readlines()
file.close()
line_count=0
for line in text:
User_Input_list[] += [] + line.split()
line_count += 1
the problem seems to be on the second last line with the declaration of the list
Do it like this:
input = []
line_count = 0
with open("text.txt","r") as file:
for line in file:
input.extend(line.split())
line_count += 1
for line_count,line in enumerate(file,start=1): as a way of rolling the counter in the loop definition.Why not
UserInputList += line.split()?
If you want each line in the file to be a separate element in the list, here's a simpler way to do it:
import re
file = open("text.txt","r")
text = file.readlines()
file.close()
line_count=0
line_list = []
for line in text:
line_list.append(line)
line_count += 1
Or using list comprehension:
import re
file = open("text.txt","r")
text = file.readlines()
file.close()
line_list = []
[line_list.append(a_line) for a_line in text]
line_count = len(line_list)
