> Maybe you could break that up a bit? This is the tutor list, not a
> one-liner competition!
rather than one-liners, we can try to create the most "Pythonic"
solution. below's my entry. :-)
cheers,
-wesley
myMac$ cat parafiles.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
from itertools import izip
from os.path import exists
def parafiles(*files):
vec = (open(f) for f in files if exists(f))
data = izip(*vec)
[f.close() for f in vec]
return data
for data in parafiles('fileA.txt', 'fileB.txt'):
print ' '.join(d.strip() for d in data)
myMac$ cat fileA.txt
FileA
12
15
18
20
myMac$ cat fileB.txt
FileB
14
16
18
20
22
myMac$ parafiles.py
FileA FileB
12 14
15 16
18 18
20 20
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"Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001
"Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009
http://corepython.com
wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com
python training and technical consulting
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