On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 07:45:42PM +0530, steve wrote:
>> f = open('Customer_IDs', 'r')
>> customer_ids = f.read().strip().split('\n') # Assuming each ID is present in
>> a separate line.
>>
> small bug in the line above. The line above only strip()s the last
> newline. So, all lines except the last still retain their '\n'.
Blame incomplete testing.
>> Then, in your previous program, print only if the customer ID belongs
>> to one the above list, i.e.
>>
>> if customer_id in customer_ids:
>> print ...
> and due to the bug above, the condition block is only entered when
> customer_id is the same as the one in the last line of the file (since
> all the other strings in customer_ids have a '\n')
Yes, thanks for pointing this out. Even I felt I rushed sending in the
mail, after I read the better suggestions.
Thanks for pointing this out.
Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah
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