[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would use a counter in a for loop using the readline method to > iterate over the 20,000 line file.
file objects are iterables themselves, so there's no need to do that by using a method. > Reset the counter every 5 lines/ iterations and close the file. I'd use a generator that fetches five lines of the file per iteration and iterate over it instead of the file directly. > Have fun! Definitely -- and also do your homework yourself :) Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #339: manager in the cable duct -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
