On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > (You may also want to consider using the 'with' statement to guarantee > a timely closing of the file. Outside the scope of this mail though.) > > I think this list is just to collect unique entries, yes? If so, a set > may be more to your liking. Check out: > http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/stdtypes.html#set > > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list> In cases like this I like to just show the final code after making all the changes, and let the student ask questions :) with open('/bah') as res_own_file: all_res = set(line.strip().replace(' ', '').split(':')[1] for line in res_own_file if ':' in line) -- ~Zahlman {:>
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