On Oct 30, 8:44 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johny a écrit : > > > Is it possible to change record separator when using readline? > > As far as I know readline reads characters until found '\n' and it is > > the end of record for readline. > > This is not a "record" separator, but a newline. As the name implies, > file.readline is about reading a text file line by line. For a > definition of "line" being : "a chuk of text that starts either at the > beginning of the document or after a newline" and for a definition of > "newline" being "a platform-specific character or character sequence". > > > My problem is that my record consits several '\n' and when I use > > readline it does NOT read the whole my record. > > So If I could change '\n' as a record separator for readline, it > > would solve my problem. > > Any idea? > > If you're dealing with (so-called) CSV files, you might want to have a > look at the (oh surprise) CSV module (in the stdlib) instead. > > HTH
Bruno, Thank you for your hint, but can you please be more specific when saying "look at the (oh surprise) CSV module (in the stdlib)" ? Thanks L
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