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Python

Posted by Michael Palmer
Michael Palmer
2,337 Points

Read a file of numbers into a list (python):

I'm supposed to read a file of numbers into a list and each number has to be stored as an integer while also having only one number per line. This is what I have so far:

inFile = open('filename.txt', 'r') sortable_numbers = inFile.readlines() print(sortable_numbers)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points

Using readlines will give you a list of strings.

So you'll still need to convert each one into a number of that's what you need. Perhaps something like this:

real_numbers = []
for n in sortable_numbers:
    real_numbers.append(int(n))

Another idea would be to convert the file one line at a time instead of reading all at once.