[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>i have a file something like this
>
>abcdefgh
>ijklmnopq
>12345678
>rstuvwxyz
>.....
>.....
>.....
>12345678
>.....
>
>whenever i search the file and reach 12345678, how do i get the line
>just above and below ( or more than 1 line above/below) the pattern
>12345678 and save to variables? thanks
source = file(bla).read().split('\n')
for i, line in enumerate(source):
if line == '12345678':
print '\n'.join( source[i-1:i+1] )
Something like this, for example. Of course, you must also secure that i-1
isn't smaller than zero.
mfg
Daniel
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