1 Nov 2005 09:19:45 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, I have a file with this content: > > zzzz zzzzz zzz zzzzz > ... > xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx 34.215 > zzzzzzz zz zzzz > ... >
Hi, I'd suggest doing this: f = file('...') for line in f: if 'xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx' in line: var = float(line[len('xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx'):].strip()) f.close() -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list