reading txt file putting in list function

[Expel]

Having issues putting numbers from text file into a list and then calling that list to sum / avg numbers.
trying to do it without importing, though i found a way to do it with "Import RE"

with open('nums.txt') as f:
    fdata=f.read()
print(fdata)
myList = []
for A in fdata:
    myList.append(int(A))
print("Total =", sum(myList))
def Average(myList):
    return sum(myList) / len (myList)
print("Average =", round(Average(myList), 2))

[ichabod801]

It's going to depend a lot on your file format. Note that fdata is a string, so for A in fdata: will loop over the individual characters of the string. You would normally use the split method of the string to make a list of the values separated by a delimiter. Then you could read complete numbers, not just the digits.

[Expel]

It's going to depend a lot on your file format. Note that fdata is a string, so for A in fdata: will loop over the individual characters of the string. You would normally use the split method of the string to make a list of the values separated by a delimiter. Then you could read complete numbers, not just the digits.

so i should
str.split(separator, maxsplit)

for A in fdata:
    myList.split(()A))

?

[ichabod801]

Well, again, that depends on the format of your data file. Can you show us a few lines of that file?

[Expel]

Well, again, that depends on the format of your data file. Can you show us a few lines of that file?

Its just a random number test.
so it goes straight down

95
90
89
53
88
100
101
35
72
93
87
63
100
98
75
65
80
92
25

[perfringo]

I observe that this is second thread on same topic.

There is no information about file format available but my random guess is:

with open(“nums.txt”, “r”) as f:
    numbers = [int(num) for num in f.read().split()]

[ichabod801]

Okay, then you just need to split by lines. The code perfringo posted is one way to do that. Another way, is to just loop over the file:

with open('nums.txt') as nums_file:
    numbers = []
    for line in nums_file:
        numbers.append(int(line))

Or you can do a list comprehension like perfringo did.

[Expel]

I observe that this is second thread on same topic.

There is no information about file format available but my random guess is:

with open(“nums.txt”, “r”) as f:
    numbers = [int(num) for num in f.read().split()]

Sry changed the question from the other, ill be moving back to that topic soon about the IOERRORS.

Okay, then you just need to split by lines. The code perfringo posted is one way to do that. Another way, is to just loop over the file:

with open('nums.txt') as nums_file:
    numbers = []
    for line in nums_file:
        numbers.append(int(line))

Or you can do a list comprehension like perfringo did.

Works perfectly

with open('nums.txt') as nums_file:
    numbers = []
    for line in nums_file:
        numbers.append(int(line))
print("Total =", sum(numbers))
def Average(numbers):
    return sum(numbers) / len (numbers)
print("Average =", round(Average(numbers), 2))