geting data from a file

If its possible for you to generate the file, the easiest approach would be:

your file:
[ 1field, 2field, 3field ]
[ 1field, 2field, 3field ]
[ 1field, 2field, 3field ]

where numbers can be written down directly and text has to be written as "... some text ...".
its written down in python syntax for lists, so we can use eval().

in Sikuli:
inp = file("path to your file")
xcontent = inp.readlines() # all lines are read into a list [ line1, line2, line3, ...]
for line in content: # loops thru list and line gets every line
   list = eval(line) # now you have list = [ 1field, 2field, 3field ] as list of your fields
   # accessible by list[0] ... or another loop
   # or if the number of fields is known and fixed:
   (f1, f2, f3) = eval(line) # you have f1=field1 ...

mind indentation - its python

sorry, typing error:

content = inp.readlines() # all lines are read into a list [ line1, line2, line3, ...]

instead of
xcontent = inp.readlines() # all lines are read into a list [ line1, line2, line3, ...]

Hi

I tried using:
content = inp.readlines()
for line in content:
   list = eval(line)
   (f1, f2, f3) = eval(line)

However, "list = eval(line)" gives a Lexical Error.

What am I doing wrong?

I am importing a csv file

Thanks

I think, you have to say
list = eval("["+line+"]")
since list on the left needs an explicit list on the right.

the term
(f1, f2, f3) = eval(line)
is not really a list, since only 3 individual values are mapped to the right side.

Hi

Can you give me a working example of "(f1, f2, f3) = eval(line)". I am not still new to coding.

if line is a string containing for example "1, 'text', 56" then saying
(f1, f2, f3) = eval(line)

will lead to
f1 containing 1
f2 containing 'text'
f3 containing 56

and the other example
list = eval("["+line+"]")
will give
list as a refernce to a list object: [ 1, 'text', 56 ]

eval(something) works only if something is a string containing a valid expression.