# expects text file with ra (deg), dec (deg), flux (Jy), frequency (GHz)

cl.close()
file=open("my_list.txt")
inx=[]
iny=[]
inf=[]
line='    '
nsrc=0
while (len(line)>0):
    try: 
        line=file.readline()
        splitline=line.split()
        ra=float(splitline[0])
        dec=float(splitline[1])
        f=float(splitline[2])
        nu=float(splitline[3])
        cl.addcomponent(dir=me.direction(v0=qa.quantity("%f deg" % ra),v1=qa.quantity("%f deg" % dec)),flux=f,freq="%fGHz" % nu)
        nsrc+=1                 
    except:
        break
file.close()
os.system("rm -rf remy.componentlist")
cl.rename("remy.componentlist")
print nsrc
cl.done()