Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2007-05-16, walterbyrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>>Python's lack of an EOF character is giving me a hard time.
>
>
> No it isn't.
>
>
>>s = f.readline()
>>while s:
>>.
>>.
>>s = f.readline()
>
>
>
>
>>s = f.readline()
>>while s != ''
>>.
>>.
>>s = f.readline()
>
>
>
> Neither one of your examples is legal Python. Please post real
> code.
>
>
>>In both cases, the loop ends as soon it encounters an empty line in
>>the file, i.e.
>
>
> No, it doesn't. Not if you've done something reasonable like
> this:
>
> f = open('testdata','r')
> while True:
> s = f.readline()
> if not s: break
> print repr(s)
>
> or this:
>
> f = open('testdata','r')
> s = f.readline()
> while s:
> print repr(s)
> s = f.readline()
>
> Please post real, runnable code. You've done something wrong
> and we've no way to guess what it was if you won't show us your
> code.
>
I'm guessing it was runnable when he pasted it into google groups.
James
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