Would either or both of these work, if both, which is the better or more Pythonic way to do it, and why?
####################### import whatIsNeeded writefile = open("writefile", 'a') with open(readfile, 'r') as f: for line in f: if keyword in line: do stuff f1.write(line) else: f1.write(line) writefile.close() ###################### import whatIsNeeded with open(readfile, 'r') as f: for line in f: try: if keyword in line: do stuff except: do nothing with open(writefile, 'a') as f1: f1.write(line) ###################### or something else altogether? I'm thinking the first way is better as it only opens the files once whereas it seems to me the second script would open and close the writefile once per iteration, and the do nothing in the except seems just wrong to me. Is my thinking on target here? regards, Richard -- All internal models of the world are approximate. ~ Sebastian Thrun _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor