Question

So, I have this file that has data set up like this:

Bob 5 60
Carl 7 80
Rick 8 100
Santiago 7 30

I need to separate each part into three different lists. One for the name, one for the first number, and one for the second number.

But I don’t really understand, how exactly do I extract those parts? Also, let’s say I want to make a tuple with the first line, with each of the different parts (the name, first number, and second number) into a single tuple?

I just don’t get how I extract that information.
I just learned how to read and write text files…so I’m pretty clueless.

EDIT: As a note, the text file already exists. The program I’m working on needs to read the text file, which has its data formatted in the way I listed.

Answer 1

You can split each line on whitespace:

with open(yourfile) as f:
    rows = [l.split() for l in f]

names, firstnums, secondnums = zip(*rows)

zip(*iterable) re-arranges the 3 columns into 3 lists.