In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karim Ali
wrote:
> Simple question. Is it possible in python to write code of the type:
>
> -----------------------------
> while not eof <- really want the EOF and not just an empty line!
> readline by line
> end while;
> -----------------------------
while True:
line = f.readline()
if not line:
break
# Do something with `line`.
> What I am using now is the implicit for loop after a readlines(). I don't
> like this at all as a matter of opinion (my background is C++).
Both look ugly to Pythonistas too. Files are iterable:
for line in f:
# Do something with `line`.
> But also, in case for one reason or another the program crashes, I want to
> be able to rexecute it and for it to resume reading from the same position
> as it left. If a while loop like the one above can be implemented I can do
> this simply by counting the lines!
for line_nr, line in enumerate(f):
# Do something with `line_nr` and `line`.
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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