On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:02:10 -0600, kwakukwatiah wrote: > f = open(r'c:\text\somefile.txt') > for i in range(3): > print str(i) + ': ' + f.readline(), > > please with the print str(i) + ‘: ‘ + f.readline(), > why not print str(i) + f.readline(),
Because the output will be different. The first code will print: 0: first line 1: second line 2: third line The second code will print: 0first line 1second line 2third line You should really try these things and see what they do before asking. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list