rdkit.utils.fileutils module — The RDKit 2016.09.1 documentation

# rdkit.utils.fileutils module

utility functions to help work with files

`rdkit.utils.fileutils.` `MoveToMatchingLine`(inFile, matchStr, fullMatch=0)

  skip forward in a file until a given string is found

  Arguments

  > - inFile: a file object (or anything supporting a _readline()_ method)
  > - matchStr: the string to search for
  > - fullMatch: if nonzero, _matchStr_ must match the entire line

  Returns

  > the matching line

  Notes:

  > - if _matchStr_ is not found in the file, a NoMatchFound exception will be raised

exception `rdkit.utils.fileutils.` `NoMatchFoundError`

  Bases: `RuntimeError`