On 4/29/2017 7:41 PM, Jason Friedman wrote:
<---- start code ---->import itertools data = """Line1 Line2 Line4 Line5""" def test_to_start(s): return "2" in s for line in itertools.dropwhile(test_to_start, data.splitlines()): print(line) <---- end code ----> I expect: $ python3 dropwhile.py Line2 Line4 Line5 I get: $ python3 dropwhile.py Line1 Line2 Line4 Line5 Please explain.
'2' is not in the first line, so 'dropping' stops. Read the equivalent generator code in the doc.
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