Re: There must be a better way

[Colin J. Williams]

On 21/04/2013 9:43 AM, Peter Otten wrote:

Colin J. Williams wrote:

I was seeking some code that would be acceptable to both Python 2.7 and
3.3.

In the end, I used:

inData= csv.reader(inFile)

def main():
      if ver == '2':
          headerLine= inData.next()
      else:
          headerLine= inData.__next__()
      ...

I think it was mentioned before, but to be explicit:

def main():
     headerLine = next(inData)
     ...

works in Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.x.

Yes, the penny dropped eventually.  I've used your statement

The Chris suggestion was slightly different:

Use the built-in next() function
(http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#next ) instead:
    headerLine = next(iter(inData))

Colin W.
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