Ignoring comments - Parsing input file

[Doug Fort]

On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 09:46:24 +0100, Simon Faulkner wrote:

> I am writing a script which reads it's input from a text file
> 
> What is the easiest way to make it ignore lines that start with # or
> blank lines?
> 
> 
> Simon

I recommend Dr. David Mertz's book "Text Processing in Python". It's
available online at http://gnosis.cx/TPiP 

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