On 15 Mar, 21:54, Unknown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was expecting to replace the old value (serial) with the new one > (todayVal). Instead, this code *adds* another line below the one found... > > How can I just replace it?
A file is a stream of bytes, not a list of lines. You can't just replace a line with another, unless they have the exact same length. You must rewrite the whole file to get it right. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
