Johny a écrit : > 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)" ?
You used the term "record" instead of "line", which is to me a clear indication that you're not using the appropriate tools here. If your file is a (so-called) CSV[1] file, there's a module for this (named 'csv') in the standard lib. And even if your file format is not CSV-compatible, there may be some answers to your problem in this module's source code (hint : one of these answers is "don't use line-oriented APIs when not appropriate"). [1] Coma Separated Values - but the separator can be almost anything. HTH -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list