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I have a file with level, equation and answer (separated by tabs), for a math game. For example:

Lvl Eq Ans 2 2*6 12

How can I replace the tab space by a comma , in a new file?

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    If you want to, what's stopping you? Ask a specific question Commented Jul 3, 2016 at 20:17
  • @AndrewL. Sorry for my idiotic way of asking Commented Jul 3, 2016 at 20:23

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Read the lines from the old file and replace '\t' with ',' in the new file. This should do:

with open('oldfile.txt') as fin, open('newfile.txt', 'w') as fout: for line in fin: fout.write(line.replace('\t', ','))
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Use the str.replace() method like this:

>>> s = '2\t2*6\t12' >>> print s 2 2*6 12 >>> s.replace('\t', ',') 2,2*6,12
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