Jeremy wrote:
> I have a most aggravating problem. I don't understand what is causing
> readlines() not to read all the lines in the file.
Answer all of Peter Hansen's questions, then read on ...
You are on platform X; did you get the file from platform Y where Y != X?
Where did you get the file from? How was it constructed? What is the
encoding: ascii/utf-8/iso-something/cp125x/dunno/what's-an-encoding ...
> I have the following
> syntax:
>
>
>
> # some initial stuff
> XS = xsdir(Datapath + '/xsdir', options.debug)
> # some more stuff
>
> class xsdir(object): #{{{1
> """This class handles all of the data and methods for reading
> the xsdir file."""
>
> def __init__(self, Datapath, debug=False):
> self.xsdir = file(Datapath, 'r') # File object
If you replace 'r' by 'rU', does the behaviour change?
> self.lines = self.xsdir.readlines()
> if debug:
> print self.lines
Add this: print len(self.lines)
> # and then other stuff as well
>
>
> I can see all the lines in the list self.lines,
These are *not* pedantic questions: How many can you "see"? What does
"see" mean? What is your definition of "line"?
> but they are not all the
> lines in the file. When I look at the file in Vim, I can see all the
> lines,
Repeat above questions.
AND where are the extra lines that you can "see" with vim? In one block
at the end/beginning/middle? Randomly interspersed? Are you sure you are
not being confused by a screen-wraparound effect?
but Python cannot. Can someone help me with this one?
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
What does "wc -l yourfile" tell you?
[If you are on Windows, get a copy of wc.exe from the gnuwin32 site.]
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