[julia-users] Re: changing record separator to read text files

2016-07-09 Thread Fred
It works using "" instead of '' ! Thanks ! julia> readuntil(f, "CKV\n") "\nTA\n>sp|P30464|1B15_HUMAN HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-15 alpha chain OS=Homo sapiens GN=HLA-B PE=1

[julia-users] Re: changing record separator to read text files

2016-07-09 Thread Fred
Thank you very much Dan ! Indeed readuntil works much better. But it seems to accept only one end line character. Is it possible to use a more complex pattern ? julia> readuntil(f, '>') "sp|P31946|1433B_HUMAN 14-3-3 protein beta/alpha OS=Homo sapiens GN=YWHAB PE=1

[julia-users] Re: changing record separator to read text files

2016-07-09 Thread Dan
`readuntil` is your friend. `readline` uses `readuntil`. In fact, it is defined as: readuntil(s,'\n') On Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 7:40:37 AM UTC-4, Fred wrote: > > Hi ! > > It is often very useful to read a text files by blocks of lines, using > another line separator than '\n'. > >