On Thursday 15 April 2004 18:36, Angus Leeming wrote:
> > Elegant, isn't it? ;-)
>
> Yes, but it would be more elegant still if I could save the stream
> rather than convert it to a list. Is that possible?
Use *read* instead of *readlines*:
read(...)
read([size]) -> read at most size bytes, returned as a string.
If the size argument is negative or omitted, read until EOF is reached.
Notice that when in non-blocking mode, less data than what was requested
may be returned, even if no size parameter was given.
readlines(...)
readlines([size]) -> list of strings, each a line from the file.
Call readline() repeatedly and return a list of the lines so read.
The optional size argument, if given, is an approximate bound on the
total number of bytes in the lines returned.
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So you have what you asked for. ;-)
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José Abílio
LyX and docbook, a perfect match. :-)
