[Tutor] Omitting lines matching a list of strings from a file

[Reed O'Brien]

> def main():
>    infile = open("list.txt", "r")
>    for line in infile:
>        state = line[146:148]
>        omit_states = ['KS', 'KY', 'MA', 'ND', 'NE', 'NJ', 'PR',  
> 'RI', 'SD', 'VI', 'VT', 'WI']
>        for n in omit_states:
>            if state != n:
>                print line
>    infile.close()
> main()

If state not in omit_states:
     process_line(line)

~ro

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