>
>
> for line in f.readlines():
>
> datalist = string.split(line)
> if datalist[0][0] == 1:
> continue
> elif datalist[0][0] == 0:
> break
>
> ## Do a bunch of string manipulation here...
>
why do read the first line, check it, if it works, go into the loop.
line = f.readline()
if line[0][0] == 1:
for line in f.readlines():
# do things