Attribute Error: 'list' object has no attribute 'split'

Question

I am trying read a file and split a cell in each line by a comma and then display only the first and the second cells which contain information regarding the latitude and th

Answer 1

what i did was a quick fix by converting readlines to string but i do not recommencement it but it works and i dont know if there are limitations or not

`def getQuakeData():
    filename = input("Please enter the quake file: ")
    readfile = open(filename, "r")
    readlines = str(readfile.readlines())

    Type = readlines.split(",")
    x = Type[1]
    y = Type[2]
    for points in Type:
        print(x,y)
getQuakeData()`