> so I thought I'd write something like this:
>
> filename = '/home/acl_home/PhD/CurrentPhD/extensions1_14.8.6.tex'
>
> infile = open(filename,'r')
>
> def_start = "\\begin\{defn\}"
> def_end = "\end{defn}"
>
> def_start_reg = re.compile(def_start)
>
> l = 0
> while l < 500:
> line = infile.readline()
> #print l, line
> res = re.search(def_start_reg,line)
> print l, res
> l = l+1
Use a for loop instead of the while loop.
And use the methods of the compiled regex object:
for n,line in enumerate(open(filename)):
res = def_start_reg.search(line)
print n,res
Does that work?
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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