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I have a text file of following type-
eng Firstly, in the course of the last few decades the national
eng Secondly, the national courts will be empowered to implement
eng However, I am convinced of the fact that the White Paper has put us on
the right path.
I want to restrict the length of each line upto (say) 9 words.
I tried of using python's read_line method but it specifies the size of the line only.I am unable to find any other suitable method. How to do it ?
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eng Firstly, in the course of the last few
eng Secondly, the national courts will be empowered to
eng However, I am convinced of the fact that
python python-3.x
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I have a text file of following type-
eng Firstly, in the course of the last few decades the national
eng Secondly, the national courts will be empowered to implement
eng However, I am convinced of the fact that the White Paper has put us on
the right path.
I want to restrict the length of each line upto (say) 9 words.
I tried of using python's read_line method but it specifies the size of the line only.I am unable to find any other suitable method. How to do it ?
Sample Output-
eng Firstly, in the course of the last few
eng Secondly, the national courts will be empowered to
eng However, I am convinced of the fact that
python python-3.x
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I have a text file of following type-
eng Firstly, in the course of the last few decades the national
eng Secondly, the national courts will be empowered to implement
eng However, I am convinced of the fact that the White Paper has put us on
the right path.
I want to restrict the length of each line upto (say) 9 words.
I tried of using python's read_line method but it specifies the size of the line only.I am unable to find any other suitable method. How to do it ?
Sample Output-
eng Firstly, in the course of the last few
eng Secondly, the national courts will be empowered to
eng However, I am convinced of the fact that
python python-3.x
asked Nov 12 '18 at 19:11
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86112
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set a limit to the number of words or characters in a string
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I have a text file of following type-
eng Firstly, in the course of the last few decades the national
eng Secondly, the national courts will be empowered to implement
eng However, I am convinced of the fact that the White Paper has put us on
the right path.
I want to restrict the length of each line upto (say) 9 words.
I tried of using python's read_line method but it specifies the size of the line only.I am unable to find any other suitable method. How to do it ?
Sample Output-
eng Firstly, in the course of the last few
eng Secondly, the national courts will be empowered to
eng However, I am convinced of the fact that
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To get the first n words of a string as a string:
def first_n_words(s, n):
return ' '.join(s.split()[:n])
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:14
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You could make a list of each word like so:
with open(file, 'r') as f:
lines =
for line in f:
lines.append(line.rstrip('n').split())
Now limit each line to 9 by using slicing which truncated automatically:
with open(file, 'w') as f:
for line in lines:
f.write(' '.join(line[:9]))
f.write('n')
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:20
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To get the first n words of a string as a string:
def first_n_words(s, n):
return ' '.join(s.split()[:n])
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:14
MegaBluejay
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To get the first n words of a string as a string:
def first_n_words(s, n):
return ' '.join(s.split()[:n])
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:14
MegaBluejay
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To get the first n words of a string as a string:
def first_n_words(s, n):
return ' '.join(s.split()[:n])
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:14
MegaBluejay
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To get the first n words of a string as a string:
def first_n_words(s, n):
return ' '.join(s.split()[:n])
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:14
MegaBluejay
35118
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:14
MegaBluejay
35118
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:14
MegaBluejay
35118
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:14
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You could make a list of each word like so:
with open(file, 'r') as f:
lines =
for line in f:
lines.append(line.rstrip('n').split())
Now limit each line to 9 by using slicing which truncated automatically:
with open(file, 'w') as f:
for line in lines:
f.write(' '.join(line[:9]))
f.write('n')
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:20
N Chauhan
1,6941214
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You could make a list of each word like so:
with open(file, 'r') as f:
lines =
for line in f:
lines.append(line.rstrip('n').split())
Now limit each line to 9 by using slicing which truncated automatically:
with open(file, 'w') as f:
for line in lines:
f.write(' '.join(line[:9]))
f.write('n')
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:20
N Chauhan
1,6941214
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You could make a list of each word like so:
with open(file, 'r') as f:
lines =
for line in f:
lines.append(line.rstrip('n').split())
Now limit each line to 9 by using slicing which truncated automatically:
with open(file, 'w') as f:
for line in lines:
f.write(' '.join(line[:9]))
f.write('n')
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:20
N Chauhan
1,6941214
You could make a list of each word like so:
with open(file, 'r') as f:
lines =
for line in f:
lines.append(line.rstrip('n').split())
Now limit each line to 9 by using slicing which truncated automatically:
with open(file, 'w') as f:
for line in lines:
f.write(' '.join(line[:9]))
f.write('n')
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:20
N Chauhan
1,6941214
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:20
N Chauhan
1,6941214
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:20
N Chauhan
1,6941214
answered Nov 12 '18 at 19:20
N Chauhan
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