> Thanks all, appears it is the newline character which was causing me > grief. For some reason I still have to do a readlines on the open file > at this stage, but I can muck about with that to figure it out.
that is surprising... i would be interested in hearing what problems you are encountering while iterating through a file. if you have any output or problem description to share with us, that would be great. what version of Python are you running? cheers, -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor