Text processing and file creation

[James Stroud]

malibuster at gmail.com wrote:
> I have a text source file of about 20.000 lines.
>>From this file, I like to write the first 5 lines to a new file. Close
> that file, grab the next 5 lines write these to a new file... grabbing
> 5 lines and creating new files until processing of all 20.000 lines is
> done.
> Is there an efficient way to do this in Python?

You should use a nested loop.

> In advance, thanks for your help.
> 

You're welcome.

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James Stroud
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