I've defined: def get_contents(infile=file_object): """ return a list of lines from a file """ contents=infile.read() contents = contents.strip().split('\n') return contents
then there's also: file_object.read() and file_object.readlines() and file_object.readline() I think I understand the differences, but can someone tell me if there's any difference between what I define and the readlines() method? -john -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/readlines%2C-read%2C-and-my-own-get_contents%28%29-tp17998300p17998300.html Sent from the Python - tutor mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor