[Tutor] reafline reads file, not just 1 line

[Kirk Bailey]

BINGO! Perfect function!
GOD?**** windows. BUT THANK YOU!
(walks off mumbling curses at the billster of gates...)

Kent Johnson wrote:
> Kirk Bailey wrote:
>> a relevant code snip:
>>
>> if os.path.exists('ConfigureMe'):
>>     f1=open('ConfigureMe','r')
>>     tablebgcolor=string.strip(f1.readline())
>>
>> Eacj line in the file contains color configuration information to 
>> include into a webpage later on (for instance, 'peach, 'wjhite', 
>> 'black', 'Blue').
>>
>> tablebgcolor contains the entire text file being read, not one line.
>>
>> this program opereates in a windows 2000 environment if this helps any.
> 
> My guess is that the file contains non-native newlines. Try opening it 
> with universal newline support using
>   f1=open('ConfigureMe','rU')
> 
> Kent
> 
> 

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