Files don't rewind automatically, so once a loop goes through the file once, subsequent attempts will finish immediately.
We might fix this by "seek", which will let us rewind files. However, your data is large enough that you might want to consider efficiency too. The nested loop approach is going to be expensive, taking time proportional to the product of the sizes of your input files. The problem can be done more efficiently, iterating over each file exactly once. Here is a sketch: Try storing the numbers you are looking to find, and keep it in a set. That is the loop over the first file. Then, loop over the second file, consulting the set to see if the line is a candidate or not. Set membership is expected to be an inexpensive operation. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
