On 2005-08-19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alright, everyone seems to have gone off on a tangent here, so I'll try
> to stick to your code...
> """
> This is what I would ideally like:
>
>
> f = open("blah.txt", "r")
> while c = f.read(1):
> # ... work on c
>
>
> But I get a syntax error.
>
>
> while c = f.read(1):
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> """
>
> That's because you are using an assignment operator instead of a
> comparison operator.
That's because he wants an assignment operator. He also wants
"c = f.read(1)" to be an expression that evalutates to the
value of c after the assignment operator.
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