You are correct. It is missing the ":" and it will print "3"
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:18 AM, bob gailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brain Stormer wrote:
>
> > Well,
> > I was somewhat confused with all of the answers so I decided to go with
> > my/following method. Kent's method has 4 fewer lines of code than mine and
> > cleaner. Please correct me if I am fundamentally wrong.
> >
> > f=open('file.txt',r)
> >
> > for line in f.read().split():
> > if line == "3"
> > position = True
> > else:
> > position = False
> > if position == True
> > print line
> > position = False
> > f.close()
> >
> > Yikes! That won't compile (missing : at end of if statements). After
> correcting, will print 3.
>
> How about this if you want less lines of code:
>
> f = open('file.txt',r).readlines()
> print f[[x+1 for x,line in enumerate(f) if line.rstrip() == "3"][0]]
>
>
> --
> Bob Gailer
> 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill, NC
>
>
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