Question

I have multiple .txt files that contain multiple lines similar to this:

[class1] 1:-28 9:-315 13:-354227 2:-36.247 17:-342 8:-34 14:-3825
[class2] 14:-31.8679 7:-32.3582 2:-32.4127 1:-32.7257 8:-32.9804 16:-33.2156

I want to know how to read the numbers before the :s and store them in an array.

Answer 1

I would use regex but here is a version without, clearer than @Thrustmaster’s solution imo.

>>> text = "[class1] 1:-28 9:-315 13:-354227 2:-36.247 17:-342 8:-34 14:-3825"
>>> [int(x.split(':')[0]) for x in text.split()[1:]]
[1, 9, 13, 2, 17, 8, 14]