searching for character in file

v13tn1g

i'm given an open file, and basically they give you a character(a str) and whenever the occurence of that string appears as the starting word of the line, we are to return that line.

as an example:
the file =

fds dfds kjkj kjkdsf
abc def hij
klm nop qrs
tuv wx yz

and the character given is "klm"

i am to return the line "klm nop qrs"

how would i be able to write this??!!

v13tn1g

this is what i have so far

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 def lines_start_with(f, a):

    for line in f:

        if line.startswith(a):

            print line.strip()

the thing is that when i test it it doesn't print out anything :S

boxfish

That function works fine for me. Maybe you could post your test program.

v13tn1g

file_name("file url" , "character")

thats how i tested it

Smygis

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>>> l=['fds dfds kjkj kjkdsf', 'abc def hij', 'klm nop qrs', 'tuv wx yz']

>>> for i in l:

...     if "klm" in i:

...             print i

... 

klm nop qrs

>>>

boxfish

You have to pass your function a file object, not the file name. Try something like this:

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 my_file = open("my_file.txt")

lines_start_with(my_file, "klm")

I hope this works.

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