walterbyrd wrote:
> Python's lack of an EOF character is giving me a hard time.
>
> I've tried:
>
> -----
> s = f.readline()
> while s:
> .
> .
> s = f.readline()
> --------
>
> and
>
> -------
> s = f.readline()
> while s != ''
> .
> .
> s = f.readline()
> -------
>
>
> In both cases, the loop ends as soon it encounters an empty line in
> the file, i.e.
That's just not true. Did you try that code?
>>> open('temp.txt', 'w').write('''\
... xxxxxxxxxx
... xxxxxxxxxxx
... xxxxxxx
...
... xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
... xxxxxxxxxx
... x
... ''')
>>> while s:
... print s,
... s = f.readline()
...
>>> f = open('temp.txt')
>>> s = f.readline()
>>> while s:
... print s,
... s = f.readline()
...
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx
x
The file.readline() method returns '\n' for empty lines and '' for
end-of-file.
STeVe
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