Python: Create a list of tuples from file

Question

I have a test file that I would like to load the create a list of tuples using the data on the file. The data on the file is as follows> how would I successfully load the fi

Answer 1

Use the csv module to parse the file:

import csv

output = []
with open('input_file') as in_file:
    csv_reader = csv.reader(in_file)
    for row in csv_reader:
        output.append(tuple(row))

print output

This returns a list of tuples, each tuple corresponding to every line in the input file.

[('ocean', '4'), ('-500', ' -360'), ('-500', ' 360'), ('500', ' 360'), ('500', '-360')]