aiwarrior wrote: > If file.WriteLines( seq ) accepts a list and it says it writes lines, > why does it write the whole list in a single line. Be cause of that > the reverse of file.writelines(seq) is not file.readlines(). > Are the assumptions i made correct? If yes why is this so? > > I find a function called writelines not actualy writing the list in > lines wierd. > > [code] > something = ['re','ri','ro'] > f.writelines( something ) > something_else = f.readlines() > [/code] > In this case the list something_else will be diffrent from something > Your list is *not* what you would get in from a call to readlines.
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