[Tutor] files question

[antonmuhin íà rambler.ru]

Hello Ron,

Friday, January 24, 2003, 12:34:00 AM, you wrote:

RA> hold = []
RA> import string
RA>  
RA> # OPEN AND READ A FILE
RA> def mylist():
RA>     data = open('testing.txt', 'r')
RA>     while 1:
RA>         read_me = data.readline()
RA>         if read_me == '':
RA>             break
RA>         no_n = read_me[:-1]
RA>         split_me = string.split(no_n, '\t')
RA>         hold.append(split_me)
RA>     print hold
RA>     data.close()
RA>  

Maybe, this function could be improved:

       for read_me in open(testing.txt', 'r'):
           if read_me == '':
              break
           <snipped>

And if you use empty line to mark end of a file, you can get rid of
it:
   for read_me in open(testing.txt', 'r'):
       no_n = read_me[:-1]
       etc...

This loop will terminate at the end of a file.

-- 
Best regards,
 anton                            mailto:antonmuhin@rambler.ru