On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:31:47 +1000, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Bengt Richter wrote:
>> On 18 Aug 2005 22:21:53 -0700, "Greg McIntyre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a Python snippet:
>>>
>>> f = open("blah.txt", "r")
>>> while True:
>>> c = f.read(1)
>>> if c == '': break # EOF
>>> # ... work on c
>>>
>>>Is some way to make this code more compact and simple? It's a bit
>>>spaghetti.
>>>
>>>This is what I would ideally like:
>>>
>>> f = open("blah.txt", "r")
>>> while c = f.read(1):
>>> # ... work on c
>>>
>>
>> How about (untested):
>>
>> for c in iter((lambda f=open('blah.txt', 'r'): f.read(1)), ''):
>> # ... work on c
>>
>:-)
>Bengt, did you read on to the bit where the OP wanted to do it "more
>nicely"? YMMV, but I think you've strayed into "pas devant les enfants"
>territory.
>(-:
>
LOL. Mais non ;-) OTOH, I think this might cross the line:
f = open('blah.txt')
while [c for c in [f.read(1)] if c!='']:
# ... work on c
;-)
Regards,
Bengt Richter
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