Sorting data in a text file with additional more spaces creates an error in python

Question

I have the snippet that sorts the contents of the text file. My problem is with the values after the scores as I am getting errors.

data = []
with open('data.txt') as f:
    for line in f:
        group, score, team = line.split(' ')
        data.append((int(score), group.strip(), team.strip()))

data.sort(reverse=True)
print("Top Scores:")
for (score, group, team), _ in zip(data, range(3)):
    print(f'{group} - {score} - {team}')    

datafile.txt (3 columns GROUP, SCORE, TEAM NAME)

asdsd 1 dream team
swsds 3 never mind us
2sdsg 1 diehard
sklks 2 just cool
asedd 5 dont do it

Error: #-- If there are no spaces in the last column, it works just fine.

ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 3). 

Answer 1

Split the line by ReGex:

import re
...

for line in j:
    group, score, team = re.split(r' (-?\d*\.?\d+) ', line.strip('\n').strip())
    
    data.append((int(score), group.strip(), team.strip()))
print(data)

Gives:

[(1, 'asdsd', 'dream team'), (3, 'swsds', 'never mind us'), (1, '2sdsg', 'diehard'), (2, 'sklks', 'just cool')]