"Lee Sander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I wanted to also say that this file is really huge, so I cannot > just do a read() and then split on ">" to get a record > thanks > lee > > On May 31, 1:26 pm, Lee Sander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I would like toreada really hugefilethat looks like this: > > > > > name1.... > > > > line_11 > > line_12 > > line_13 > > ...>name2 ... > > > > line_21 > > line_22 > > ... > > etc > > > > where line_ij is just a free form text on that line. > > > > how can ireadfileso that every time i do a "read()" i get exactly > > onerecord > > up to the next ">" > > > > many thanks > > Lee > I would do something like: (not tested): def get_a_record(f,sep): ret_rec = '' while True: char = f.read(1) if char == sep: break else: ret_rec += char return ret_rec - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list