Trouble iterating lines from a text file in Python for reuse - python-2.7

Question

I am having trouble iterating a process in Python 2.7.
I have simplified it as much as possible to debug the first steps, and want to build on this.
If I specify the data
data = ("-4.916409,36.629535,3.721236,255,232,242")
And then get it to split
X,Y,Z,R,G,B = data.split(",")
I can recombine some of the elements to create new files and/or folders with the name of those elements:
RGB = (R + "+" + G + "+" + B)
os.makedirs(inputFolder + os.sep + RGB)
fo = open("Z:\\temp\\output" + os.sep + RGB + os.sep + RGB + ".txt", "w")
fo.write(X + "," + Y + "," + Z + "\n")
But when I try to do that from a longer text file, I can no longer combine the elements into this "RGB" as a file and/or folder name (only "R" or "G" or "B"), and only get a return for the first line.
inputFolder = ("Z:\\temp\\output")
coordinates = open("Z:\\temp\\accident2.txt", "r")
for line in coordinates:
X,Y,Z,R,G,B = line.split(",")
RGB = (R + "+" + G + "+" + B)
os.makedirs(inputFolder + os.sep + R)
fo = open("Z:\\temp\\output" + os.sep + R + os.sep + R + ".txt", "w")
fo.write(X + "," + Y + "," + Z + "\n")
But it works if I switch from the whole numbers to the decimals:
RGB = (X + "," + Y + "," + Z)
Then I can write:
fo = open("Z:\\temp\\output" + os.sep + RGB + os.sep + RGB + ".txt", "w")
Which is not quite right, but closer to what I want.
Why are numbers with decimals easier to "read" than those without?
How do I fix it so the whole numbers are treated like those with decimals?

Answer 1

well your coordinates is a file object, you need to read from this object. You can actually read line-by-line using readlines, function of file object. Check documentation
inputFolder = ("Z:\\temp\\output")
with open("Z:\\temp\\accident2.txt", "r") as coordinates:
for linenumber,line in enumerate( coordinates.readlines() ):
X,Y,Z,R,G,B = line[:-1].split(",")
RGB = (R + "+" + G + "+" + B)
try:
os.makedirs(inputFolder + os.sep + R)
fo = open("Z:\\temp\\output" + os.sep + R + os.sep + R + ".txt", "w")
fo.write(X + "," + Y + "," + Z + "\n")
except:
print "problem in line %d"%linenumber