On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Abhishek Pratap <abhishek....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys > > I am wondering if there is a keyword to ignore certain lines ( for eg > lines starting with # ) when I am reading them through stl module csv. > > Example code: > > input_file = sys.argv[1] > csv.register_dialect('multiplex_info',delimiter=' ') > > with open(input_file, 'rb') as fh: > reader= csv.reader(fh,'multiplex_info') > for row in reader: > print row > > > best, > -Abhi > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
You could look up the docs for csv.reader, but if there isn't, in your for loop you can use row[0].startswith('"#") to check if your line starts with #. Can you show what the row looks like? -- Joel Goldstick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor