Readin a .txt file and put the elements in a list (Python)

Question

Im new in Python and i need some help. i got a .txt file in this form:

Time[tab]Signal

0[tab]1.05

0.5[tab]1.06

1[tab]1.09

1.5[tab]1.12

Now

Answer 1

I have created a .txt file with same contents that you provided and the program you wrote prints this (multi-dimensional list):

[['Time', 'Signal'], ['0.5', '1.06'], ['1', '1.09'], ['1.5', '1.12']]

By the looks of it your file isn't actually .txt.

To answer your question:

del list1[1]

This will delete the wrong position. To delete Time/Signal line, you should do this instead:

del list1[0]

This is because items in Python lists start at positon 0.

Try this code (list comprehension):

daten = open("extedit.txt", "r")
lines = daten.readlines()
list1 = []
for i in lines:
    list1.append(i.strip().split('\t'));
daten.close()

del list1[0]

zeit = [i[0] for i in list1]

signal = [i[1] for i in list1]

print(zeit)
print(signal)