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I am trying to output a list of addresses that do not match a list of State abbreviations. What I have so far is:def main(): infile = open("list.txt", "r") for line in infile: state = line[146:148]omit_states = ['KS', 'KY', 'MA', 'ND', 'NE', 'NJ', 'PR', 'RI', 'SD', 'VI', 'VT', 'WI']for n in omit_states: if state != n: print line
This prints it for every entry in omit_states. You probably want to add a break command after the print
But I would do this with a list comprehension or generator expression (depending on your Python version):
lines = [line for line in infile if line[146:148] not in omit_states] print '\n'.join(lines) HTH, -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
