Re: Return lines in file that match string

[Chris Rebert]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Travis Kirstine
<tr************@gmail.comwrote:

I am new to python and could use some help with a fairly easy task. I
would like to return all lines in a file that have the string
'<coordinates>' to a list.

from __future__ import with_statement

with open('path/to/file') as f:
desired_lines = [line.strip() for line in f if "<coordinates>" in line]

For your reference, that uses the "with statement" and "list comprehensions".
It would also be advisable for you to read through the fine tutorial
at: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/index.html

Cheers,
Chris

Regards,

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