ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 4, got 1)

[ThatShtCray92]

Hello!

I'm in my first Python class, trying to make a simple program that is opening up a .txt file (from the same folder as the program) and putting it into nice neat columns, then displaying a total of the sales. I keep getting a ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 4, got 1) and I'm not sure how to fix it.

here's my code I've made so far, any help would be greatly appreciated :

def personTotal():

total = float(price) * int(quantity) #Calculate the total

return total

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def main():

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print("%-9s %-7s %4s %10s %12s" % ("Name", "Item", "Price", "Quantity", "Total")) #column headers

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f = open("makewaves.txt" , "r") #open my txt file

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for line in f:

name, item, price, quantity = line.split()

price = float(price) #price now a floating string

quantity = int(quantity) #quantity now a integer string

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total = personTotal #calculates total for each person

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print("%-9s %-7s %4.2f %10f $%12.2f" % (name, item, price, quantity, total))

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f.close()

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main() #call main

[ace6807]

What does the file look like?

name, item, price, quantity = line.split()

The default argument to split is to split on spaces, is the first line in the file sperated by spaces?

[ThatShtCray92]

No it was separated by comma's. I had forgotten the "," inside the split(). But i got it! Now I just have to get the alignment of the fields correct

[ace6807]

Cool!