[Tutor] raw_input()

[kumar s]

thanks Benno. 

supplying 3.6 GB file is over-kill for the script.  This is the reason I chose to input lines on fly. 

thanks
Kumar





----- Original Message ----
From: Benno Lang <transmogribenno at gmail.com>
To: kumar s <ps_python at yahoo.com>
Cc: tutor at python.org
Sent: Mon, March 15, 2010 7:19:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] raw_input()

On 16 March 2010 08:04, kumar s <ps_python at yahoo.com> wrote:
> %cat mybigfile.rod | python x1.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "x1.py", line 2, in <module>
>    second = raw_input()
> EOFError: EOF when reading a line
>
> How to notify that at EOF break and suppress exception.

try:
    second = raw_input()
except EOFError:
    # handle error in some way

I would probably supply the file name as an argument rather than
piping into stdin (or allow both methods), but that's up to you.

HTH,
benno