Fillmore wrote:
>
> learning Python from Perl here. Want to do things as Pythonicly as possible.
>
> I am reading a TSV, but need to skip the first 5 lines. The following
> works, but wonder if there's a more pythonc way to do things. Thanks
>
> ctr = 0
> with open(prfile,mode="rt",encoding='utf-8') as pfile:
> for line in pfile:
> ctr += 1
>
> if ctr < 5:
> continue
>
> allVals = line.strip().split("\t")
> print(allVals)
for lineno, line in enumerate(pfile, start=1):
will save you maintaining your own counter. But other than that, nah,
that's pretty much the approach you're looking for.
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