[Tutor] How to skip to next line in for loop

[Alan Gauld]

"Brain Stormer" <brnstrmrs at gmail.com> wrote 

> f = open('file.txt',r)
> for line in f.read():

This reads the whole file inta a string then iterates 
over all the characters(not lines) in that string.

Better to iterate over the file:

for line in f:


>     if line == "3":
>           line.next

this then becomes f.next()  # next is a method not 
an attribute so needs the () to call it


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Alan Gauld
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