Peter Nuttall wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 11:47:41PM -0500, Caleb Hattingh wrote:
>> Hi Alex
>>
>> Assuming you have a file called "data.txt":
>>
>> ***
>> f = open('data.txt','r')
>> lines = f.readlines()
>> f.close()
>> for line in lines:
>> print line
>> ***
>>
>
> Can you not write this:
>
> f=open("data.txt", "r")
> for line in f.readlines():
> #do stuff to line
> f.close()
>
> Pete
Yes, you can even write
f = open("data.txt")
for line in f:
# do stuff with line
f.close()
This has the additional benefit of not slurping in the entire file at once.
Be aware, though, that this (newer) style of using a file as an iterator
doesn't mix well with seek() operations.
Peter
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