Commas issue in variable

[ddahlman]

This is the code I am having an issue with

tagPath = system.tag.read("[e1ccd]Extruder/E1_ExtruderAData_MeltPumpAdapterPressure_PV")
today = system.date.format(system.date.now(), "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm")
dataRow = [today," EDT,",tagPath.value]

with open(filePath, 'a') as csvfile:
   writer = csv.writer(csvfile, lineterminator='\n')
   writer.writerow(dataRow)

The line writes to the file like this

04/04/2024 09:27," EDT,",10000.0

I need it like this

04/04/2024 09:27 EDT,10000.0

but can not figure out how to get that format

Gribouillis write Apr-04-2024, 02:09 PM:
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[Gribouillis]

Use

dataRow = [f"{today} EDT",tagPath.value]

[ddahlman]

Use

dataRow = [f"{today} EDT",tagPath.value]

Appreciate the help but I get errors when using
dataRow = [f"{today} EDT",tagPath.value]

[Gribouillis]

I get errors when using

Please post the complete error message that Python is sending.

[deanhystad]

When posting please provide information about what modules you are using. My guess is you are using ignition.

https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/

You might have better luck asking your question at the ignition forum. Most of the users here are familiar with CPython. Ignition uses Jython, a Java based implementation of Python.

[Gribouillis]

Ignition uses Jython, a Java based implementation of Python.

If Jython doesn't know f-strings, it will work with strings concatenation

dataRow = [today + " EDT", tagPath.value]

[deanhystad]

Not using a csv file writer will reduce the number of commas. You don't need to use a csv writer to write two values separated by a comma.

with open(filePath, 'a') as csvfile:
    print(today, " EDT,", tagPath.value, file=csvfile, sep="")