ValueError: not enough values to unpack Split function

Asked Feb 15 '18 at 08:10

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Iam trying to code this

highest_score = 0
result_f = open('results.txt')
for line in result_f:
    (name, score) = line.split()
    if float(score) > highest_score:
        highest_score = float(score)
result_f.close()
print("the Highest score was: ")
print(highest_score)

Contents of results.txt:

Johnny  8.65 
Juan  9.12 
Joseph  8.45 
Stacey  7.81 
Aideen  8.05 
Zack  7.21
Aaron  8.31

Iam Actually reading Head first to python Book And I Got This Code Example But It is'nt Working For me i Dont Know What My Mistake Is Can Someone Please Figure This Out Iam Using Python3.6

edited Mar 06 '18 at 12:59

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asked Feb 15 '18 at 08:10

koko piko

What does `results.txt` contain? – Alex Dubrovsky Feb 15 '18 at 08:13
Can you include an example line from `results.txt`? – Razmooo Feb 15 '18 at 08:13
this : Johnny 8.65 Juan 9.12 Joseph 8.45 Stacey 7.81 Aideen 8.05 Zack 7.21 Aaron 8.31 – koko piko Feb 15 '18 at 08:14
for a better example check here http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfprog/chapter04/results.txt – koko piko Feb 15 '18 at 08:15
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Empty line at the end? – L3viathan Feb 15 '18 at 08:16
Your code works fine for me with the file you linked here. Are you sure you didn't change the file in any way (added empty line or such)? – Alex Dubrovsky Feb 15 '18 at 08:19
oh , my bad i had left a empty line now it works fine thank you – koko piko Feb 15 '18 at 08:23
For the empty line problem; you can add a try / except: pass in your for loop. If it can split and extract name and score it would do it, else it will go to the next line. – Mathieu Feb 15 '18 at 09:52

ValueError: not enough values to unpack Split function

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