Exam grading new.py

#no need for making the file loctaion variable global since only one function is using it
#its better to keep it local under the open file  function
file_location="C:/python_tutorials/exam_scores3.txt"

def open_file(file):
	
    	file=open(file_location, "r")
   	data=file.readlines()
   	return data
  

def list_sort (d):
    list = d
    newlist=[i.split('\n', 1)[0] for i in d]
    return newlist
    names=[i.split(' ,', 1)[0] for i in d]
    names=[i.split(',', 1)[0] for i in names]
    scores=[i.split(' ,', 3)[0] for i in d]
    scores=[i.split(',', 3)[0] for i in names]

    keith_data = newlist[0:1]
    sophie_data = newlist[1:2]
    nelson_data = newlist[2:3]

    keith_scores = keith_data[0:2]



    # print scores
    # print names
    # print newlist
 	print keith_scores

data=open_file(file_location)
list_sort(data)

# def isNumber(s):
#     try:
#         int(s)
#         return True
#     except:
#         return False

# splitstr = [substr.strip().split(' ') for substr in newlist.split(',')]
# for pair in splitstr:
#     if len(pair)>1:
#         if isNumber(pair[1]):
#             number = int(pair[1])
#         else:
#             number = "Is not a number"
#     else:
#         number = "There is no number"
#     print(pair[0],number)

# newlist()