read in from file

[sixtyfootersdude]

Hi all,

trying to write a program that will read a file in like:

python myprog < inputFile

the program needs to store each line a an entry in a list.

 
li = []
 
 
for i in range(0,9): #<- these must be the correct range.    
    temp = raw_input("")
    li.append(temp)
 
 

This code works but you have to hard code how many lines there will be (see comment). I need my program to terminate at the EOF. I have looked around for a couple hours but havent had enormous luck finding anything.

Tryed entering in

 
if(temp==\0):
      break
 
 

and similar but not having to much luck. Thanks for reading!

JS

[bvdet]

Iteration on a file object will terminate when the EOF character is reached.

f = open('file.txt')
for i, line in enumerate(f):
    print 'Line number %d' % i
    ## do more stuff
 
f.close()
 

[sixtyfootersdude]

Thanks bvdet .

For anyone with a similar problem as me this is the way I ended up doing it:

 
def readWords():
    while 1:
        line = raw_input()
        if line != "":
            listOfWords.append(line);
        else:
            break
#End read words method
 
 

[sixtyfootersdude]

Ooops. The previous code does not detect EOF (well it does sometimes, just not not always...)

Regardless, this code works:

 
# reads words from the input file
def readWords():
    jake = sys.stdin
    listOfWords= jake.readlines()
    listOfWords = [i[:-1] for i in listOfWords]
    return listOfWords