linecache and comparison with input

[Sebastian Wiesner]

[ Ross Hetherington <ross at heth.eclipse.co.uk> ]
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> import random
> import sys
> import linecache
>
> rnd = random.randint(1,3)
> line = linecache.getline('testfile', rnd)
>
> print line
Try print repr(line) ...
>
> gss = raw_input('Enter line: ',)
and print repr(gss) ;)

> if gss == line:
>     print 'yes'
>     sys.exit()
> else:
>     print 'no'
>

Then you will see, that getline returns the line *including the newline 
character*, while raw_input does not.  Use line.strip('\n') to remove 
trailing newline characters from the return value of getline.

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