My problem is more about how to get started and use certain scientific libraries. Maybe I just need to dive in. I keep getting detered though when I find out th

My problem is more about how to get started and use certain scientific libraries. Maybe I just need to dive in. I keep getting detered though when I find out that simple things like iterating through a text file seem to take up so much code. Then I need a dictionary and somehow have to figure out how to get that. Not trying to whine. It's going to be a lot of work though lol.