[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i have a file test.dat eg
>
> abcdefgh
> ijklmn
> <-----newline
> opqrs
> tuvwxyz
>
>
> I wish to print the contents of the file such that it appears:
> abcdefgh
> ijklmn
> opqrs
> tuvwxyz
>
> here is what i did:
> f = open("test.dat")
> while 1:
> line = f.readline().rstrip("\n")
> if line == '':
> break
> print line
>
> but it always give me first 2 lines, ie
> abcdefgh
> ijklmn
>
> What can i do to make it print all w/o the newlines..? and what is the
> proper way to skip printing blank lines while iterating file contents?
assuming you want to skip *all* blank lines (even if they have whitespace
on them),
for line in open("test.dat"):
if line.strip():
print line
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