New to Python - Easy way to open a text file

[Max Steel]

nothing is "lame" to me , all help is appreciated :)

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<kyosohma at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Mar 30, 11:39 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_... at gmx.net> wrote:
>> In <1175270675.296617.83... at e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, kyosohma 
>> wrote:
>> > I'm not familiar with ezt formats, however reading a text file is a
>> > breeze.
>>
>> This sentence doesn't match the code that follow.  It's really simpler
>> than that ``while`` loop.
>>
>> > f = open(r'pathToFile')
>> > while True:
>> >    line = f.readline()
>> >    if not line: break
>> >    # do something with the line of text such as print it.
>>
>> > f.close()
>>
>> f = open(r'pathToFile)
>> for line in f:
>>     # do something with the line of text such as print it.
>> f.close()
>>
>> Ciao,
>>         Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
>
> Yes, the "while" is lame, I admit it. But sometimes you just gotta go
> old school!
>
> Mike
>