sys.stdin and re.search

[Erik Max Francis]

Jimmie Fulton wrote:

> I'm unable to get any matches with re in a loop when the file I'm
> looping
> over is stdin.  When I use open(), it works fine.  Any hints?

No obvious differences are jumping out at me.  Maybe if you showed us
the file you're using and how you're invoking the script in either way?

By the way, a more idiomatic way to iterate over every line in a file
is:

	while 1:
	    line = F.readline()
	    if not line:
	        break
	    ...

In modern versions, you can just iterate over the file object itself:

	for line in F:
	    ...

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