ML.files.ReFile

Package ML :: Module files :: Class ReFile |
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# Class ReFile

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    convenience class for dealing with files with comments

    blank (all whitespace) lines, and lines beginning with comment
      characters are skipped.

    anything following a comment character on a line is stripped off

Instance Methods | [hide private]
readline(self) read the next line and return it. | source code
readlines(self) return a list of all the lines left in the file... | source code
rewind(self) rewinds the file (seeks to the beginning)... | source code
__init__(self, fileName, mode=`'``r``'`, comment=`'``#``'`, trailer=`'``\\n``'`) | source code

Method Details | [hide private]

### readline(self) | source code
    read the next line and return it.

    return '' on EOF

### readlines(self) | source code
    return a list of all the lines left in the file

    return [] if there are none

### rewind(self) | source code
    rewinds the file (seeks to the beginning)