fin = open('names.txt', 'r') '''line= fin.readline() line = line[:-1] #line = line.strip('\r\n') line = line.split('\t') print(line) ''' #print('1:', fin.readlines()) #print('2:', fin.readlines()) for line in fin.readlines(): line = line[:-1] #strip off ending newline line = line.split('\t') line[2] = int(line[2]) print(line) fin.close()