Gregory Piñero wrote:
>That's how Python works. You read in the whole file, edit it, and write it
> back out.
that's how file systems work. if file systems generally supported insert
operations, Python would of course support that feature.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm a total newbie to Python so any and all advice is greatly
> appreciated.
Well, I've got some for you.
> I'm trying to use regular expressions to process text in an SGML file
> but only in one section.
This is generally a bad idea. SGML family languages aren't easy
You can edit a file in place, but it is not applicable to what you are doing.
As soon as you insert the first "", you've shifted everything
downstream by those 8 bytes. Since they map to a physically located blocks on
a physical drive, you will have to rewrite those blocks. If it is a big file
That's how Python works. You read in the whole file, edit it, and
write it back out. As far as I know there's no way to edit a file
"in place" which I'm assuming is what you're asking?
And now, cue the responses telling you to use a fancy parser (XML?) for your project ;-)
-Greg
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