How to substitute string.split() used in Python 2 to Python 3 code?

Question

When I run the following code (from chapter 19 of Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python by John Guttag):

dataFile = open(fName, 'r')
    for line in dataFile:
        dataLine = string.split(line[:-1], ',')

I receive the following error:

error message:module 'string' has no attribute 'split'

That must be a really old book. In Python 2, the string.split function has been deprecated in favour of the str type's .split method for ages. — PM 2Ring
– PM 2Ring, Commented Oct 24, 2017 at 19:12

Cory Kramer · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-24 18:37:54Z

1

Change this

dataLine = string.split(line[:-1], ',')

to this

dataLine = line[:-1].split(',')

answered Oct 24, 2017 at 18:37

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Billy Ferguson · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-24 18:38:36Z

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You don't define the string anywhere. It shouldn't work on python 2 or 3. You might want two ::, but that's for you to find out.

dataFile = open(fName, 'r')
    for line in dataFile:
        dataLine = line[:-1].split(',')

answered Oct 24, 2017 at 18:38

Billy Ferguson

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