On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 13:24 -0700, Beni Cherniavsky wrote:
> On Jun 24, 11:40 pm, "J. Cliff Dyer" <j...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > Also note that you can iterate over a file several times:
> >
> > f = open('foo.txt')
> > for line in f:
> > print line[0] # prints the first character of every line
> > for line in f:
> > print line[1] #prints the second character of every line
> >
> No, you can't. The second loop prints nothing!
> A file by default advances forward. Once you reach the end, you stay
> there.
You are, of course, absolutely right. Sorry for the misinformation.
:(
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
