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
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Andrew Dalke wrote: 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.
Andrew
da***@dalkescie ntific.com
Plus the builders quite routinely ask suppliers for things like "a meter
of two (inches) by four (inches)". They don;t care that they're getting
the closest metric equivalent, to them a 2 x 4 is still a 2 x 4.
regards
Steve
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Jeff Shannon schreef: 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... .)
Or there is some Dutch influence... ;)
(In Dutch it's "meter" for both meanings.)
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:15:23 GMT, Andrew Dalke
<da***@dalkesci entific.com> declaimed the following in comp.lang.pytho n:
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.
Yeah, but those pints are bigger than our pints...
Roughly 20 fl.oz. vs 16 fl.oz.
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:14:54 -0500, Steve Holden <st***@holdenwe b.com>
declaimed the following in comp.lang.pytho n: Plus the builders quite routinely ask suppliers for things like "a meter
of two (inches) by four (inches)". They don;t care that they're getting
the closest metric equivalent, to them a 2 x 4 is still a 2 x 4.
And what do they get? A normal finished 2x4 runs about 1.5x3.5
inches...
A 1x4 is 0.75x3.5
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Mike Meyer <mw*@mired.or g> wrote:
... Trivia question: Name the second most powerfull country on earth not
using the metric system for everything.
Well, then, just name the 2nd most powerful country on earth, period
(I'm not going to get myself in trouble by guessing whether said 2nd
country is China, Russia, "Europe" [not a country, I know;-)], ...).
TVs and other displays are sold as "20 inches" (or whatever) everywhere,
printers' resolutions are always given in pixels per inch, etc.
Alex
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:14:54 -0500, Steve Holden <st***@holdenwe b.com>
declaimed the following in comp.lang.pytho n:
Plus the builders quite routinely ask suppliers for things like "a meter
of two (inches) by four (inches)". They don;t care that they're getting
the closest metric equivalent, to them a 2 x 4 is still a 2 x 4.
And what do they get? A normal finished 2x4 runs about 1.5x3.5
inches...
A 1x4 is 0.75x3.5
Who knows, but htey don;t complain about it. In the UK also the sizes
refer to the rough cut, before finish planing.
regards
Steve
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