[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi > > i have a file something like this > > abcdefgh > ijklmnopq > 12345678 > rstuvwxyz > ..... > ..... > ..... > 12345678 > ..... > > whenever i search the file and reach 12345678, how do i get the line > just above and below ( or more than 1 line above/below) the pattern > 12345678 and save to variables? thanks
I would try something similar to the pairwise recipe here : http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/lib/itertools-recipes.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
