hi i have a file something like this
abcdefgh ijklmnopq 12345678 rstuvwxyz ..... ..... ..... 12345678 ..... whenever i search the file and reach 12345678, how do i get the line just above and below ( or more than 1 line above/below) the pattern 12345678 and save to variables? thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list