Read in the first file and create a dictionary (hash) of each line.
Read in the second file and for each line see if the dictionary contains the
item. This solution minimizes your I/O.
Python 2.4b1 (#57, Oct 15 2004, 15:23:38) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on
win32
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>>> refsymbol = [1,2,3,4]
>>> refdict = dict()
>>> for sym in refsymbol:
... refdict[sym] = sym
...
>>> refdict
{'a': 'a', 'c': 'c', 'b': 'b', 'd': 'd'}
>>> showme = ['d','e','f']
>>> for s in showme:
... if refdict.has_key(s):
... print s
...
d
>>>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pythondotnet-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of W G
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:53 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Python.NET] Nested Loops
>
> Hello,
>
> The follow code willl read lines of two text files. It supposed to take
> the
> first line of the first text file and compare it to all the lines of the
> second text file, then go to the next line of the first text file and do
> the
> same and so on.
>
> The problem is that once the inner loop is finished, it never goes in that
> loop again. Any suggestions?
>
> Thank you,
> Wes
>
>
> The Code:
>
>
> for refSymbol in symbols.readlines():
> for lookupSymbol in myfile.readlines():
> showme = lookupSymbol.split('\t')
> if showme[3] == refSymbol.strip():
> priceNew.write(refSymbol.strip()+" "+showme[10])
>
>
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