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How do I split a line down further in Python txt files?

I am trying to split a line down into smaller elements
Each line contains the birds' name and the number of times it has been seen. I am trying to display them both if the name matches but I can't find a way to split one line down further.
Here's my code:
with open("birdFile.txt", "w") as file:
numRecs = int(input("How many records do you wish to write? "))
for n in range(1,numRecs+1):
birdName = input("Enter bird name: ")
birdsReported = input("Enter number of bird reported: ")
file.write(birdName + birdsReported + ",")
with open("birdFile.txt", "r") as file:
birdNameSearch = input("What bird are you searching for? ")
for line in file:
file = line.split(",")
birdName = line[0]
birdsSeen = line[1]
if birdNameSearch == birdName:
print(birdName + ": " + birdsSeen)

You wrote
file.write(birdName + birdsReported + ",")
Notice that the , comma came after the number -- you want it
before, to separate name from number.
Also, you'll want a \n newline at end of line.
This is most conveniently accomplished with an f-string:
file.write(f'{birdName},{birdsReported}\n')
Consider using the csv module: https://docs.python.org/3/library/csv.html

Python, read from file -> add file content to list -> compare list to user input

Ok so as the title states am retrieving a word from a txt file then adding it to a list then am trying to compare the content of the list to user input.
X = []
Y = open(‘file.txt’,’r’)
X.append(Y.read())
Z = input(‘I’)
A = X[0]
if Z == A:
print(‘y’)
I’ve compared types and they match, have tried python 2&3 and nothing. I’ve also tried with a preset array and it works fine. I’ve tried to separate halves into functions and still no.
Repr gives:
List = ‘a\n’
Input = ‘a’

The string you are reading from a file has a new line at the end.
You can easily remove it using strip() (remove surrounding whitespace) or rstrip() (remove trailing whitespace).
For example:
if Z == A.strip():
print("y")

Does this help?
with open("test.txt", "r") as f:
data = f.read().strip()
user_input = input('Please enter something: ')
if user_input == data:
print('Correct!')
else:
print('FALSE')

Can't import data from files into one line

I'm currently making this program that was given to me by my school and it's to write your own name in ASCII text art but that was just copying and pasting. I am trying to make it so the user enters an input and there their name is output. My program currently works except it doesnt stay on one line.
My code:
name = input("What is your name: ")
splitname = list(name)
for i in range(len(splitname)):
f=open(splitname[i] + ".txt","r")
contents = f.read()
print(contents)
And this is what it outputs:
I would like to get it all onto one line if possible, how would I do so?

The solution is a bit more complicated because you have to print out line by line, but you already need all the contents of the 'letter' files.
The solution would be to read the first line of the first letter, then concatenate this string with the first line of the next letter and so on. Then do the same for the second line until you printed all lines.
I will not provide a complete solution, but I can help to fix your code. To start you have to only read one line of the letter file. You can do this with f.readline() instead of f.read() each consecutive call of this function will read the next line in this file, if the handle is still open.

To print the ASCII letters one next to the other, you have to split the letter into multiple lines and concatenate all the corresponding lines.
Assuming your ASCII text is made of 8 lines:
name = input("What is your name: ")
splitname = list(name)
# Put the right number of lines of the ASCII letter
letter_height = 8
# This will contain the new lines
# obtained concatenating the lines
# of the single letters
complete_lines = [""] * letter_height
for i in range(len(splitname)):
f = open(splitname[i] + ".txt","r")
contents = f.read()
# Split the letter in lines
lines = contents.splitlines()
# Concatenate the lines
for j in range(letter_height):
complete_lines[j] = complete_lines[j] + " " + lines[j]
# Print all the lines
for j in range(letter_height):
print(complete_lines[j])

Opening files to read in Python

I'm trying to make a cash machine simulation.
This is my code so far:
print ("Cash Machine\n")
input("Press Enter to begin...")
card_number = int(input("Enter your card number... "))
f = open((card_number + ".txt"),"r")
lines = f.readlines()
x = lines[1]
print(x)
Currently I have a text file called 123 in my folder. Inside the file is how much money the bank account 123 has, but I am having trouble trying to open the file.
Specifically with the line 6. I get an error saying
"No such file or directory: 'card_number.txt'"
How can I make it work?
Thanks

You have to run this program in the same directory that contains the file or use the full path name.
If running in the same directory, you can use the code you have. If not, you can tweak the code like this:
Edit: you are casting your input as an integer when it needs to be a string:
input("Press Enter to begin...")
card_number = input("Enter your card number... ")
f = open(card_number + ".txt","r")
lines = f.readlines()
x = lines[1]
print(x)

Search for values in all text files and multiply them by fixed value ? (in PYTHON ?)

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Hi friends.
I have a lot of files, which contains text information, but I want to search only specific lines, and then in these lines search for on specific position values and multiply them with fixed value (or entered with input).
Example text:
1,0,0,0,1,0,0
15.000,15.000,135.000,15.000
7
3,0,0,0,2,0,0
'holep_str',50.000,-15.000,20.000,20.000,0.000
3
3,0,0,100,3,-8,0
58.400,-6.600,'14',4.000,0.000
4
3,0,0,0,3,-8,0
50.000,-15.000,50.000,-15.000
7
3,0,0,0,4,0,0
'holep_str',100.000,-15.000,14.000,14.000,0.000
3
3,0,0,100,5,-8,0
108.400,-6.600,'14',4.000,0.000
And I want to identify and modify only lines with "holep_str" text:
'holep_str',50.000,-15.000,20.000,20.000,0.000
'holep_str',100.000,-15.000,14.000,14.000,0.000
There are in each line that begins with the string "holep_str" two numbers, at position 3rd and 4th value:
20.000 20.000
14.000 14.000
And these can be identified like:
1./ number after 3rd comma on line beginning with "holep_str"
2./ number after 4th comma on line beginning with "holep_str"
RegEx cannot help, Python probably sure, but I'm in time press - and go no further with the language...
Is there somebody that can explain how to write this relative simple code, that finds all lines with "search string" (= "holep_str") - and multiply the values after 3rd & 4th comma by FIXVALUE (or value input - for example "2") ?
The code should walk through all files with defined extension (choosen by input - for example txt) where the code is executed - search all values on needed lines and multiply them and write back...
So it looks like - if FIXVALUE = 2:
'holep_str',50.000,-15.000,40.000,40.000,0.000
'holep_str',100.000,-15.000,28.000,28.000,0.000
And whole text looks like then:
1,0,0,0,1,0,0
15.000,15.000,135.000,15.000
7
3,0,0,0,2,0,0
'holep_str',50.000,-15.000,40.000,40.000,0.000
3
3,0,0,100,3,-8,0
58.400,-6.600,'14',4.000,0.000
4
3,0,0,0,3,-8,0
50.000,-15.000,50.000,-15.000
7
3,0,0,0,4,0,0
'holep_str',100.000,-15.000,28.000,28.000,0.000
3
3,0,0,100,5,-8,0
108.400,-6.600,'14',4.000,0.000
Thank You.

with open(file_path) as f:
lines = f.readlines()
for line in lines:
if line.startswith(r"'holep_str'"):
split_line = line.split(',')
num1 = float(split_line[3])
num2 = float(split_line[4])
print num1, num2
# do stuff with num1 and num2
Once you .split() the lines with the argument ,, you get a list. Then, you can find the values you want by index, which are 3 and 4 in your case. I also convert them to float at the end.

Also final solution - whole program (version: python-3.6.0-amd64):
# import external functions / extensions ...
import os
import glob
# functions definition section
def fnc_walk_through_files(path, file_extension):
for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(path):
for filename in filenames:
if filename.endswith(file_extension):
yield os.path.join(path, filename)
# some variables for counting
line_count = 0
# Feed data to program by entering them on keyboard
print ("Enter work path (e.g. d:\\test) :")
workPath = input( "> " )
print ("File extension to perform Search-Replace on [spf] :")
fileExt = input( "> " )
print ("Enter multiplier value :")
multiply_value = input( "> " )
print ("Text to search for :")
textToSearch = input( "> " )
# create temporary variable with path and mask for deleting all ".old" files
delPath = workPath + "\*.old"
# delete old ".old" files to allow creating backups
for files_to_delete in glob.glob(delPath, recursive=False):
os.remove(files_to_delete)
# do some needed operations...
print("\r") #enter new line
multiply_value = float(multiply_value) # convert multiplier to float
textToSearch_mod = "\'" + textToSearch # append apostrophe to begin of searched text
textToSearch_mod = str(textToSearch_mod) # convert variable to string for later use
# print information line of what will be searched for
print ("This is what will be searched for, to identify right line: ", textToSearch_mod)
print("\r") #enter new line
# walk through all files with specified extension <-- CALLED FUNCTION !!!
for fname in fnc_walk_through_files(workPath, fileExt):
print("\r") # enter new line
# print filename of processed file
print(" Filename processed:", fname )
# and proccess every file and print out numbers
# needed to multiplying located at 3rd and 4th position
with open(fname, 'r') as f: # opens fname file for reading
temp_file = open('tempfile','w') # open (create) tempfile for writing
lines = f.readlines() # read lines from f:
line_count = 0 # reset counter
# loop througt all lines
for line in lines:
# line counter increment
line_count = line_count + 1
# if line starts with defined string - she will be processed
if line.startswith(textToSearch_mod):
# line will be divided into parts delimited by ","
split_line = line.split(',')
# transfer 3rd part to variable 1 and make it float number
old_num1 = float(split_line[3])
# transfer 4th part to variable 2 and make it float number
old_num2 = float(split_line[4])
# multiply both variables
new_num1 = old_num1 * multiply_value
new_num2 = old_num2 * multiply_value
# change old values to new multiplied values as strings
split_line[3] = str(new_num1)
split_line[4] = str(new_num2)
# join the line back with the same delimiter "," as used for dividing
line = ','.join(split_line)
# print information line on which has been the searched string occured
print ("Changed from old:", old_num1, old_num2, "to new:", new_num1, new_num2, "at line:", line_count)
# write changed line with multiplied numbers to temporary file
temp_file.write(line)
else:
# write all other unchanged lines to temporary file
temp_file.write(line)
# create new name for backup file with adding ".old" to the end of filename
new_name = fname + '.old'
# rename original file to new backup name
os.rename(fname,new_name)
# close temporary file to enable future operation (in this case rename)
temp_file.close()
# rename temporary file to original filename
os.rename('tempfile',fname)
Also after 2 days after asking with a help of good people and hard study of the language :-D (indentation was my nightmare) and using some snippets of code on this site I have created something that works... :-) I hope it helps other people with similar question...
At beginning the idea was clear - but no knowledge of the language...
Now - all can be done - only what man can imagine is the border :-)
I miss GOTO in Python :'( ... I love spaghetti, not the spaghetti code, but sometimes it would be good to have some label<--goto jumps... (but this is not the case...)