Hi,
I know that i can do readline() from a file object.
However, how can I read till a specific seperator?
for exmple,
if my files are
name
profession
id
#
name2
profession3
id2
I would like to read this file as a record.
I can do this in perl by defining a record seperator;
is there an equivalent in python?
thanks
Jul 18 '05
35  2955 
Steven Bethard wrote: John Machin wrote: Nick Coghlan wrote:
[snip]
delimeter.
Hey, Terry, another varmint over here!
No, no. He's talking about a deli-meter. It's the metric standard
for measuring subs and sandwiches. ;)
Nobody mention the wurst! I did once, but I think I got away with it.
Subtle distinction: A metER is a measuring device. A MetRE is a unit of
distance.
John Machin wrote: Subtle distinction: A metER is a measuring device. A MetRE is a unit of
distance.
.... except in the US, where we stubbornly apply the same spelling to
both of those. (It figures that we Americans just ignore subtle
distinctions... .)
Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International
John Machin said unto the world upon 2004-12-21 18:20:
Subtle distinction: A metER is a measuring device. A MetRE is a unit of
distance.
Not everyone agrees <http://www.bartleby.co m/61/18/M0251800.html>. I do,
but then I think it ought be spelled 'colour', too.
Best,
Brian vdB
John Machin wrote: Steven Bethard wrote:
John Machin wrote:
Nick Coghlan wrote:
[snip]
delimeter .
Hey, Terry, another varmint over here!
No, no. He's talking about a deli-meter. It's the metric standard
for
measuring subs and sandwiches. ;)
Nobody mention the wurst! I did once, but I think I got away with it.
Subtle distinction: A metER is a measuring device. A MetRE is a unit of
distance.
So presumably a delimetre is the equivalent of just over three foot-long
subs? And that Monty Python pun was the wurst I've seen this weak.
regards
Steve
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John Machin wrote: Nick Coghlan wrote:
[snip]
delimeter.
Hey, Terry, another varmint over here!
Heh. Just don't get me started on the issues I have with typing apostrophes in
the right spot. My *brain* knows where they go, but for some reason it refuses
to let my fingers in on the secret. . .
Cheers,
Nick.
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On 21 Dec 2004 15:20:35 -0800, rumours say that "John Machin"
<sj******@lexic on.net> might have written: Subtle distinction: A metER is a measuring device. A MetRE is a unit of
distance.
In this case, English (compared to American English) is closer to the
original "metron" [1]. Now, if only you people wrote the plural of
"parenthesi s" as "parenthese is" and not "parenthese s", that would ease a
lot my Greek English... :)
[1] through the French "mètre" of course; great job, those
revolutionaries did with the metric system. As Asimov put it, "how many
inches to the mile?"
--
TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best.
"Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958)
I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually...
Christos "TZOTZIOY" Georgiou <tz**@sil-tec.gr> writes: [1] through the French "mètre" of course; great job, those
revolutionaries did with the metric system. As Asimov put it, "how many
inches to the mile?"
Trivia question: Name the second most powerfull country on earth not
using the metric system for everything.
<mike
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Mike Meyer: Trivia question: Name the second most powerfull country on earth not
using the metric system for everything.
The UK?
Before going there I thought they were a fully metric country.
But I saw weather reports in degrees F, distances in yards
and miles, and of course pints of beer.
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