On 19:19 Mon 20 Aug , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > import StringIO > > text = """\ > To mimic Perl's input record separator in > Python, you can use a generator. > And a substring test. > Perhaps something like the following > is what you wanted. > """ > > mockfile = StringIO.StringIO(text) > > def genrecords(mockfile, sep=".\n"): > buffer = "" > while True: > while sep in buffer: > idx = buffer.find(sep) + len(sep) > yield buffer[:idx] > buffer = buffer[idx:] > rl = mockfile.readline() > if rl == "": > break > else: > buffer = '%s%s' % (buffer, rl) > yield buffer > raise StopIteration > > for record in genrecords(mockfile): > print "READ:", record > > > -- > Hope this helps, > Steven Thanks, this also looks like a good way to go but ATM beyond my level of Python knowledge. I've not reached the generator chapter yet but I'll flag the message and return later.
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