Sean Carolan wrote:
if line.startswith('notes'):
break
notes = open('myfile','r').read().split(notes:\n')[1]
The first two lines are redundant you only need the last one.
I should have clarified, the "if line.startswith" part was used to
break out of the previous for loop, which was used to import the
other, shorter strings.
Just for reference, "import" has special meaning in Python, and you hurt
my brain by using it as a synonym for "read".
For what it's worth, here's my solution. Rather than use the funky new
"open files are iterable" feature, go back to the old-style way of
reading line by line:
# untested
fp = open("myfile.txt")
for while True:
line = fp.readline() # read one line
if not line:
# nothing left to read
break
if "ham" in line:
process_ham(line) # Mmmm, processed ham...
if "spam" in line:
process_spam(line)
if line.startswith("notes"):
notes = fp.read() # reads the rest of the file
fp.close()
Note that it is okay to mix calls to read() and readline(), but it is
NOT okay to mix iteration over a file with calls to read() or readline().
--
Steven
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