Question

So I have file:

Ben cat 15
John dog 17
Harry hamster 3

How to make 3 lists:

[Ben, John, Harry]
[cat, dog, hamster]
[15, 17, 3]

I have tried everything, but I haven’t find a solution yet.

I am using Python 3.3.0

Answer 1

with open("file.txt") as inf:
    # divide into tab delimited lines
    split_lines = [l[:-1].split() for l in inf]
    # create 3 lists using zip
    lst1, lst2, lst3 = map(list, zip(*split_lines))