Re: [SciPy-user] stupid python question : for in in range(nlines) :

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Eric Emsellem apparently wrote:

############################## for i in range(nlines) : ... ... while i < nlines : .... i += 1 if ... : break #############################

The for loop provides a rule for assignment to the name 'i', so that must fail. Files are iterators: http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html Use 'for line in file:' along with the next() method. hth, Alan Isaac