# working with files
# pmb 10/1/02

# open existing file for reading
myfile = open ( 'hithere.txt', 'r' )
s = myfile.readline()
print "read line ",s
electionYears = myfile.readline()
print electionYears

# formatted strings
# spose you have a number you wish to put in a string
string = "Your score is %d points" % 10
print string
string2 = "Fight,fight for %s " % "Minnesota"
print string2
string3 = "The plane is %f meters above ground" % 2000
print string3

# now open a new file to write to
outfile = open ('outfile.txt', 'w')
outfile.write ( 'this goes to the output file' );
positions = [ 0.12, 98.23, 87.2 ]
outfile.write ( "\nfirst position is %e" % positions[0] )
outfile.write ( electionYears )

print "done!"