[split] Splitting a string into six pieces

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[split] Splitting a string into six pieces - susmis666 - Dec-25-2018

Hi,
I am trying to read data from a text file and split it into six parts.
I the code is not able to perform intended function for reasons unidentified.Please help.

The text file has below data:

Data_Val5 12/25/2018 15:15 406 1 43459635537
Data_Val6 12/25/2018 15:15 379 1 43459635537
Data_Val7 12/25/2018 15:15 352 1 43459635537
Data_Val8 12/25/2018 15:15 325 1 43459635537
Data_Val9 12/25/2018 15:15 298 1 43459635537
Data_Val10 12/25/2018 15:15 270 1 43459635537
Data_Val1 12/25/2018 15:15 514 1 43459635537

The code is as below:

#open file
dataFile = open('C:\\Users\\USER1\\Desktop\\PyWork\\DataFile_1.txt')

for dataStr in dataFile:
    (d1,d2,d3,d4,d5,d6)=dataStr.split()#split data into six parts.

#close file
dataFile.close()

The output is as below:

Output:"C:\Users\USER1\Google Drive\Books\Python\Task\TASK1\venv\Scripts\python.exe" "C:/Users/USER1/Google Drive/Books/Python/Task/TASK1/KTP700_Logfile_Mgr.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/USER1/Google Drive/Books/Python/Task/TASK1/KTP700_Logfile_Mgr.py", line 6, in <module>
    (d1,d2,d3,d4,d5,d6)=dataStr.split()
ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 6, got 1)

Process finished with exit code 1

RE: [split] Splitting a string into six pieces - ichabod801 - Dec-25-2018

Does your file have any blank lines in it? That could cause the problem. You can be preemptive about it with a conditional:

for dataStr in dataFile:
    if dataStr.strip():
        (d1,d2,d3,d4,d5,d6)=dataStr.split()#split data into six parts.