searching for character in file

[v13tn1g]

i'm given an open file, and basically they give you a character(a str) and whenever the occurence of that string appears as the starting word of the line, we are to return that line.

as an example:
the file =

fds dfds kjkj kjkdsf
abc def hij
klm nop qrs
tuv wx yz

and the character given is "klm"

i am to return the line "klm nop qrs"

how would i be able to write this??!!

[v13tn1g]

this is what i have so far

def lines_start_with(f, a):
    for line in f:
        if line.startswith(a):
            print line.strip()
 

the thing is that when i test it it doesn't print out anything :S

[boxfish]

That function works fine for me. Maybe you could post your test program.

[v13tn1g]

file_name("file url" , "character")

thats how i tested it

[Smygis]

>>> l=['fds dfds kjkj kjkdsf', 'abc def hij', 'klm nop qrs', 'tuv wx yz']
>>> for i in l:
...     if "klm" in i:
...             print i
... 
klm nop qrs
>>> 
 

[boxfish]

You have to pass your function a file object, not the file name. Try something like this:

my_file = open("my_file.txt")
lines_start_with(my_file, "klm")

I hope this works.