Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > xlines = (line for line in open(filename) if line.strip()) > > Of if you want to filter/loop at the same time, or if you don't want > all the lines in memory at the same time
The above implementation creates a generator; so it, too, won't need to load all the lines in memory at the same time -- \ “Program testing can be a very effective way to show the | `\ presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing | _o__) their absence.” —Edsger W. Dijkstra | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list