On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Joel Ross <jo...@cognyx.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have this piece of code: > ######################################################################### > > wordList = "/tmp/Wordlist" > file = open(wordList, 'r+b')
Why are you opening the file in binary mode? It's content is text! > > def readLines(): > > for line in file.read(): .read() reads the *entire* file into a string. When you iterate over a string, such as in a for-loop, you get *individual characters*, whereas you appear to want lines of text. To go line-by-line, use `for line in file` instead (note: `line` will include the trailing newline at the end of each line). And don't use `file` as a variable name; it shadows the name of the buitlin type. Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
