In a text file: how do I tell the EOF, from a blank line?

[walterbyrd]

How do I test for the end of a file, in such a why that python can
tell the EOF from a blank line?

[Steve Holden]

walterbyrd wrote:

How do I test for the end of a file, in such a why that python can
tell the EOF from a blank line?

Only when the EOF is reached will you read an entirely empty line. Real
empty lines read as a newline terminator.

However, there are any better ways to process the lines of a file than
reading it line by line. For example you can iterate over the lines with
something like

f = open("myfile.tx t", 'r')
for line in f:
... do something with line ...

regards
Steve
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[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-05-17, walterbyrd <wa********@ina me.comwrote:

How do I test for the end of a file, in such a why that python can
tell the EOF from a blank line?

This has already been explained to you by at least 5 different
people -- complete with examples.
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[walterbyrd]

On May 16, 10:12 pm, Grant Edwards <[e-mail] mwrote:

On 2007-05-17, walterbyrd <walterb...@ina me.comwrote:

This has already been explained to you by at least 5 different
people -- complete with examples.

Sorry about dual posting. I am using google groups. Usually, after I
submit a message, I can find that message after a few minutes. This
time, I could not find the messages that I posted after waiting for
hours. I figured something must have gone wrong, so I re-posted.