On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:59:32 -0700, norseman wrote: > I would use: > > readthem= 0 > file=open(filename,'r') > while readthem == 0: > line=file.readline() > if not line: > break > if 'Item 1' in line: > readthem= 1 > # print line # uncomment if 'Item 1' is to be printed > while line: > line= file.readline() > print line # see note-1 below > # end of segment
Ouch! That's a convoluted way of doing something which is actually very simple. This is all you need: outfile = open('filename', 'r') for line in outfile: if 'item 1' in line.lower(): print line break for line in outfile: print line If you don't like having two loops: outfile = open('filename', 'r') skip = True for line in outfile: if 'item 1' in line.lower(): skip = False if not skip: print line And if you want an even shorter version: import itertools outfile = open('filename', 'r') for line in itertools.dropwhile( lambda l: 'item 1' not in l.lower(), outfile): print line -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list