On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am new to Python and have one simple question to which I cannot find > a satisfactory solution. > I want to read text line-by-line from a text file, but want to ignore > only the first line. I know how to do it in Java (Java has been my > primary language for the last couple of years) and following is what I > have in Python, but I don't like it and want to learn the better way > of doing it. > > file = open(fileName, 'r') > lineNumber = 0 > for line in file: > if lineNumber == 0: > lineNumber = lineNumber + 1 > else: > lineNumber = lineNumber + 1 > print line > > Can anyone show me the better of doing this kind of task? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- Files are iterators, and iterators can only go through the object once. Just call next() before going in the for loop. Also, don't use "file" as a variable name. It covers up the built-in type. afile = open(file_name, 'r') afile.next() #just reads the first line and doesn't do anything with it for line in afile : print line > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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