How do I transform a text file in a list?

Question

I have a text file which contains a text such as: "001232029890"

And I want python to take this text and make a list in this manner:

list = [001,232,029,890]

That is, to split the text file into segments of n characters (in this case 3) and to put each of those segments in a list.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '20 at 19:17

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You can read in your file as shown in this. Afterwards you can split the text on the nth character with [line[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(line), n)] according to this. (Since you left the two zeros in your example I'm assuming that you meant to use strings)

answered Nov 26 '20 at 19:17

IsolatedSushi

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Actually, the list contains integers. I left the zeros just for emphasis. But I suppose I can convert it using the int function, right? – WordP Nov 26 '20 at 19:45
Yes, that would be no problem. – IsolatedSushi Nov 26 '20 at 20:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 26 '20 at 19:47

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def getListOfNChars(inputString, numberOfCharacters):
    resultList = []
    for i in range(0, len(inputString), numberOfCharacters):
        resultList.append(inputString[i : i+numberOfCharacters])
    return resultList

#inputString - The String You Want To Process
#numberOfCharacters - Number Of Characters You Want To Extract At A Time

edited Nov 26 '20 at 19:47

Dharman

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answered Nov 26 '20 at 19:41

CodeAllDay

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How do I transform a text file in a list?

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