Importing output from two seperate lines from textfile and turning them into variables in Python

Question

I have a python script that outputs EX. "Gender: Male" and "Age: 25-32" on seperate lines in a textfile. This same script can print out different ages and male and female gender based on the facial recognition application. I need to RETRIEVE these seperate lines and convert them into variables. This is what I have so far.

    infile = open('output.txt', 'r')

    g_line = infile.readline()
    a_line = infile.readline()

    with open('output.txt', 'r') as myfile:
        g_line = myfile.readline()
        a_line = myfile.readline()
    print(g_line)
    print(a_line)

try eval this can evaluate your lines into runnable code. You have to modify the lines when you want to use eval() :) — Strider, May 10 '20 at 17:39
@Strider https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1832940/why-is-using-eval-a-bad-practice — match, May 10 '20 at 17:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '20 at 17:49

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If your file looks like:

Gender: Male
Age: 25-32

Try:

with open("output.txt", "r") as f:
    gender = f.readline().split(":")[-1].strip()
    age = f.readline().split(":")[-1].strip()
    print(gender) # Male
    print(age) # 25-32

answered May 10 '20 at 17:49

Gabio

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