linecache and comparison with input

[Ross Hetherington]

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Say I've got a file called 'testfile' that contains the following three
lines:

foo
bar
baz

And a script that goes like this:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import random
import sys
import linecache

rnd = random.randint( 1,3)
line = linecache.getli ne('testfile', rnd)

print line

gss = raw_input('Ente r line: ',)

if gss == line:
print 'yes'
sys.exit()
else:
print 'no'
Even if the right word is entered, the script always prints `no'. Can
anyone explain why this happens?
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[Sebastian Wiesner]

[ Ross Hetherington <ro**@heth.ecli pse.co.uk]

#!/usr/bin/env python

import random
import sys
import linecache

rnd = random.randint( 1,3)
line = linecache.getli ne('testfile', rnd)

print line

Try print repr(line) ...

>
gss = raw_input('Ente r line: ',)

and print repr(gss) ;)

if gss == line:
print 'yes'
sys.exit()
else:
print 'no'

Then you will see, that getline returns the line *including the newline
character*, while raw_input does not. Use line.strip('\n' ) to remove
trailing newline characters from the return value of getline.

--
Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.
(Rosa Luxemburg)

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[Ross Hetherington]

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Sebastian Wiesner wrote:

Then you will see, that getline returns the line *including the newline
character*, while raw_input does not. Use line.strip('\n' ) to remove
trailing newline characters from the return value of getline.

Ah, thank you. I did notice that getline left a trailing newline, but I
didn't realise raw_input didn't. Ooops.

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