Replacing a word in a text file with a value using python
- by Jamde Jam
I have been trying to replace a word in a text file with a value (say 1), but my outfile is blank.I am new to python (its only been a month since I have been learning it).
My file is relatively large, but I just want to replace a word with the value 1 for now.
Here is a segment of what the file looks like:
NAME SECOND_1
ATOM 1 6 0 0 0 # ORB 1
ATOM 2 2 0 12/24 0 # ORB 2
ATOM 3 2 12/24 0 0 # ORB 2
ATOM 4 2 0 0 4/24 # ORB 3
ATOM 5 2 0 0 20/24 # ORB 3
ATOM 6 2 0 0 8/24 # ORB 3
ATOM 7 2 0 0 16/24 # ORB 3
ATOM 8 6 0 0 12/24 # ORB 1
ATOM 9 2 12/24 0 12/24 # ORB 2
ATOM 10 2 0 12/24 12/24 # ORB 2
#1
#2
#3
I want to first replace the word ATOM with the value 1. Next I want to replace #ORB with a space. Here is what I am trying thus far.
input = open('SECOND_orbitsJ22.txt','r')
output=open('SECOND_orbitsJ22_out.txt','w')
for line in input:
word=line.split(',')
if(word[0]=='ATOM'):
word[0]='1'
output.write(','.join(word))
Can anyone offer any suggestions or help? Thanks so much.
