Rune Strand wrote:
> Probably a more terse way to do this, but this seems to work
> import os
>
> offset = 0
> grab_size = 6000
> file_size = os.stat('hotels.xml')[6]
ouch. why not just loop until f.read returns an empty string ?
> f = open('hotels.xml', 'r')
>
> while offset < file_size:
> f.seek(offset)
> data_block = f.read(grab_size)
> offset += grab_size
> print data_block
> f.close()
here's a shorter and more reliable version:
f = open(filename)
for block in iter(lambda: f.read(6000), ""):
... process block
here's the terse version:
for block in iter(lambda f=open(filename): f.read(6000), ""): ...
:::
what happens if a <Rate> element straddles the border between two 6000
byte blocks, btw ?
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